Ard Stetts Flies

Name	Alderwood
Category	Pacific Salmon/Trout/Steelhead
Hook	Gamakatsu single salmon #1
Thread	Black
Tag	Medium oval tinsel gold
Tail	Dyed golden pheasant crest crimson
Body, Rear half	Olive green floss ribbed with fine gold oval tinsel
Waist joint	Peacock herl
Body, Front half	Dubbed brown seal with olive sparkle dub added, ribbed with heavy gold oval tinsel
Throat	A pinch of dyed olive rabbit fur
Wing	A pair of pheasant tail sections as under-wing, very sparse lt.olive bucktail over which is a nice bunch of natural Monga ringtail or similar
Head	Black and lacquered

Alderwood is an original fly designed by Ard Stetts for his "Wood Series" as described in his Article A Late Autumn Day in Alaska. You can see more of Ard's flies at The Flies of Ard Stetts. See his notes about this fly below.