Frost's Blue Smelt
Hook - Mustad 3399, size 6
Thread - Blue
Connector - .024 diameter Beadalon wire
Thread - Blue
Connector - .024 diameter Beadalon wire
Body - Braided silver mylar piping secured at both ends with blue thread
Wing - Blue bucktail over 4 strands of peacock herl over white bucktail
Eyes - Painted black over white
Tying Notes
I ran out of silver mylar piping and substituted pearl mylar piping
Reference - Tandem Streamers - Donald A Wilson
2 comments:
Norm, I like the pearl piping, May have tie a few to troll in the canoe. Thanks for the inspiration, wonderful flies and photography as always.
Chris
thank you
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