Materials
| Hook | Mustad 9672 (or similar) Sizes: #4 to #10 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Silver or Monofilament |
| Body | Silver Mylar Tubing |
| Back | Supreme Hair - Green |
| Gills | Bright Red Thread |
| Eyes | Mylar Siick On (size to fit) |
| Coating | 2 ton Epoxy (or substitute) |
Notes
A tied down minnow fry pattern fished in spring when fry are in the river. Observe how fry swim and hold in slower currents and back eddies, then cast near rising fish and strip the fly slowly but steadily. It has taken cutthroat and Dolly Varden (bull trout) on the Harrison River.
Published in February 2014 (Vol 47 No 2), page 14.