Thursday, March 14, 2024

Wood Duck

Wood Duck

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Yellow

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Bright green wool

Hackle - Bright green

Wings - Barred wood duck

Trout - Ray Bergman

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A favorite pattern of mine, from the Adirondacks. I believe there were two variations - the “Van Patten” and the “Old Van Patten”. If I remember correctly, the the “Old Van Patten” had a body made of pigs wool.

Normand Frechette said...

this is the wood duck pattern from ray bergmans book trout