Ray Bergman Bucktail

Ray Bergman Bucktail

This recipe is from “Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing” by Joseph D Bates Jr

Thread – Black

Body – Flat silver tinsel

Throat – A very small bunch of red hackle fibers, rather short

Wing – A small bunch of white polar bear fur over which is a very small bunch of pale yellow bucktail. The wing is sparsely dressed

Shoulders – Each the tip of a red body feather from a macaw, one third as long as the wing

Updated Recipe

Hook – Streamer style

Thread – Black

Body – Flat silver tinsel

Throat – A very small bunch of red hackle fibers, rather short

Wing – A small bunch of white bucktail over which is a very small bunch of pale yellow bucktail. The wing is sparsely dressed

Shoulders – Each the tip of a dyed red hen feather

Not wanting to use the little amount of polar bear I have, I substituted white bucktail

Having no red macaw feathers I substituted dyed red hen hackle tips