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Railbird

Name Railbird
Category Winter Steelhead
Hook Salmon, Size 4 to 6
Thread Black
Tail Yellow Hackle Wisps
Body Claret Wool or Floss
Hackle Palmer Body with Claret Hackle
Wing Gray Squirrel Tail or Barred Teal Breast Feather
Collar Yellow Saddle Hackle

Note: This pattern is listed in Mel Marshall's, Steelhead, Copyright 1973 as one of the top two dozen Winter Steelhead flies to be counted on. He writes that Railbird was created by John Benn of San Francisco about 1890 for Steelhead. In smaller sizes, it is an excellent Summer Steelhead fly.

 

 
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