Thursday, February 8, 2024

Red Horse

Red Horse

Hook - Mustad 3665A 

Thread - Black 6/0 UNI-Thread 

Tail - Red and yellow hackle fiber tips

Rib - Silver Lagartun flat French tinsel (medium) 

Body - White or cream wool 

Throat - Red and yellow hackle fiber tips 

Wing - Dun saddle hackle 

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes

The Classic Streamer Fly Box - Mike Valla


Red Horse

Hook - 6xl, size 6-8

Thread - Black

Tail - The tips of 2 yellow hackles, on each side of which is an orange hackle, all the same length and very short

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - White wool, slightly tapered

Throat - Same as the tail

Wing - 2 olive green saddle hackles, on each side of which is a gray blue dun saddle hackle, all of the same length and extending well beyond the tail

Cheeks - Jungle cock

Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing - Joseph D Bates JR

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