Frank's Fly

Frank's Fly

contributed by Ken Baker

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Materials

HookMustad M-36890 Salmon Up-Eye Hook Sizes #2 to #8
ThreadUni 6/0 Orange & Black
TailNatural Deer or Elk Hair
BodySeal or Arizona Simi Seal, Rear half Orange, Front half Black
HackleGrizzly

Notes

A simple dry-line steelhead fly developed by Frank Cernaway and fished on the Skeena, often on a Scandi head or 10-foot clear floating head with a 12 to 15 foot leader. It can be fished on the swing or riffle hitched, and the smaller sizes are tied fuller so they ride in the surface film.

Published in April 2022 (Vol 55 No 4), page 13.