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Name | Katmai Smolt |
Category | Pacific Salmon |
Hook | Size 4-8, Salmon Hook (I used a size 4, TMC 200R here) |
Tail | Insect-Green Floss |
Butt | Peacock Herl |
Body | Insect-Green Floss |
Ribbing | Peacock Herl |
Throat | Blue and Red Hackle, Mixed |
Underwing | White Polar Bear |
Overwing | Light Green Bucktail |
Topping | Peacock Herl |
Shoulder | Jungle Cock |
Head | Black |
The pattern for this fly came from the fine book by
Dave Hughes, American Fly Tying Manual. He does not talk about
the history of the fly, but lists it in his section for Alaska
flies.
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