Here s another guide-fly lesson from Alvin Dedeaux of All Water Guides (Or, as he calls them, incredibly simple to connect, down and filthy, fast and simple, fish-catching guide flies.) As Alvin states, he doesn t wish to develop flies that are made complex or take a very long time to connect since a customer might toss it into the trees on their very first cast. So he s developed variations on popular patterns that use the exact same standard profile and movement in the water however are much easier and faster to connect.
Here, he connects a little Gotcha-looking thing with a peacock-herl body and a wing made from a product he can t even recognize. Among the terrific features of Alvin s patterns is that he isn t valuable about particular products. If you ve got some green thin-fiber artificial hair, you re great to go. He s mainly opting for a specific profile and color, so if you can attain that, you re gon na capture fish.
Alvin s Redfish Fly (name TBD)
Hook: Saltwater hook (here a Tiemco 811S), size 1.
Thread: Black, 3/0.
Eyes: Bead chain.
Body: Peacock herl.
Wing: Olive thin-fiber artificial hair.
Head: Connecting thread.
