New Trier

New Trier (Original recipe)

Hook – Mustad 3665A or equivalent

Thread – Black

Tag – Fine copper wire & yellow floss

Tail – Golden pheasant crest

Butt – Peacock herl

Body – First half silver coated copper wire; butted with peacock herl

Second half copper wire.

Throat – Dun hackle fibers

Wing – Mottled gray brown turkey

New Trier (Variation recipe)

Hook – Mustad 3665A or equivalent

Thread – Black

Tag – Fine copper wire & yellow floss

Tail – Golden pheasant crest

Butt – Peacock herl

Body – First half silver oval tinsel; butted with peacock herl

Second half - Copper oval tinsel.

Throat – Dun hackle fibers

Wing – Mottled brown turkey

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

Tying note: I tied this fly per the photo in the book “Forgotten Flies”. Not all photos in the book match the tying recipe.