This fly is another "old school fly" without any artificial material in it's construction. (I'll give myself a pass on the nylon thread and the metal hooks and wire). Other than that it could of been tied in 1900!
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Make it simple and make it work. That's what I was thinking when I worked up this fly. There is no body other than the hook shank ( 2/0 Eagle Claw worm hook), a white bucktail throat, a blue bucktail wing and a topping of peacock. It took my first striper of the season on top of that.
I have to admit that this isn't the first time I used this style of fly. I took some to Florida in a size 4/0 and took some outsized bluefish and then promptly forgot about it after I got back home. That will not happen again! It's part of my saltwater game plan going forward.
There is no wind resistance with this fly which always seems to be a problem when I'm in the salt.
Ken