Johnson's Beach Fly (Les Johnson)

The pattern for this fly came from the fine book by Les Johnson, Fly-Fishing Coastal Cutthroat, Flies, Techniques, Conservation. He mentions in the book that he was trying to achieve the effect of a fly that was a lighter orange than the Polar Shrimp, or Thor and has had much success with it. Mr. Johnson believes that the orange of the body shows through the white wing when wet, giving it a translucent effect, that makes it highly visible but not gaudy. Read more about it in the book.