Materials
| Priming fluid | 500 ml dark rum. |
|---|---|
| Hook | Salmon TULE (turned up looped eye) sized 6 - 4/0 (Tiemco 7989, 7999; Mustad 36890) |
| Thread | Unithread 6/0 in brown, claret, or purple. |
| Tail | 1/2-3/4inch of the tips of a marabou blood plume. Best guess. |
| Underbody | Remainder of the blood plume, and extra bits of the weaving wool along the sides of the hook |
| Overbody | Pink and black wool, parallel woven, black on top. |
| Hackle | Domestic grizzly tip-tied and palmered, wet fly grade. |
| Rib (Optional) | Newey's clear Invisible sewing thread or Danville's extra fine monofilament. |
| Wing | Another tip of purple blood plume, a bit shorter than 1/2" |
Notes
Fished like a typical wet fly, cast out and allowed to swing across the current, with most takes coming about halfway through the swing. Early in the year it is fished in the top foot of the water column, and later in the year down low, as with most wet flies.