Ard Stetts Flies

Name	Cottonwood
Category	Pacific Salmon/Trout/Steelhead
Hook	Gamakatsu T10-6H size 1/0
Thread	Black
Tag	Old Sunrise wide gold tinsel, very gold colored
Tip	Copper rayon floss
Tail	A very small bunch of polar bear tied in short
Body, Rear half	2/3 Ginger brown floss / Rib: Braided gold tinsel cord size 10
Body, Front half	Dubbed heavy with olive grey blend / Rib: palmered with hen pheasant shoulder feather
Beard	Small bunch of polar bear
Wing	Underwing is a small bunch of white marabou
Cloak	Overwing is a bronzed mallard flank tied in flat
Head	Built to a taper and lacquered black 8/0 thread

Cottonwood 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.