Screaming Viking

Screaming Viking

contributed by Martin Swain

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Materials

HookMustad C53s #12-#18 (16*)
BeadBlack sized to match hook 1/8" to 3/32"
Thread 1UTC 70 Red
Thread 2Uni 8/0 Olive
Rib"Motorhead" Red Wire (Small)
GillsWhite Antron or Sparkle Yarn

Notes

A bead-headed pattern with a tapered olive body ribbed with red wire and white Antron gills behind the bead. Tied with red and olive threads, it is fished as a subsurface fly for rainbow trout at stillwater fishouts.

Published in January 2020 (Vol 53 No 1), page 14.