Grand River Special
Notes: This fly is basically a Psycho Prince but with a copper bead and tied in colors better suited for steelhead alley. A very good clear water color combo is UV tan ice dub body with UV pink ice dub thorax tied on a size 12 Daiichi 1530.
Materials List:
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Hook: Daiichi 1530 sz 10
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Thread: 8/0 uni thread black
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Bead: 5/32 copper
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Tail: Black Goose Biots
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Body: Black Ice Dub
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Wing Case: Pheasant tail
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Rib: extra small copper wire
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Thorax: Chartreuse Ice dub
1: Tie in Goose biots for tail, tie in wire and pheasant tail.
2: Dub Body (wax may help), tie down wing case and rib forward. Tie off rib
and add goose biots on either side of fly.
3: Chartreuse Ice dub for thorax and whip finish. (Steelie Blue and Orange can
be substituted for thorax giving you three fishable flies)
Note: Same fly different color scheme. Golden stone biots, Orange ice dub for body and UV Brown for body. Copper Bead.