Breathalizer

Breathalizer

Hook - Down-eyed 6-10 long shank 

Thread - Black 

Tail - Soft black cock- or hen-hackle fibres 

Body - Flat silver tinsel 

Rib (optional) - Fine silver wire 

 

Wing - Two hot-orange hackles back-to-back with two Green Highlander hackles on the outside 

Cheek - Jungle Fowl

Hackle - Collar badger hackle (white or cream with a black centre)

This pattern was created in the late 1960s by Alec Iles for fishing Chew Valley. It is especially for those times when the trout feed on fry. He adapted some North American patterns to produce this streamer. The pattern first appeared in John Veniard’s book Lake and Reservoir Flies, 1970.

The Flytier's Companion - Mike Dawes