Joe's Fly Dry Fly

Fishing Tips

I have seen a lot of home invented flies. I am also not the least surprised that most of them work although some far better than others!

Creator of this trout fly: Joe

Tier of this trout fly Type: Don Haaheim

Country of origin for this trout fly: Canada

This trout fly is designed on and fished on Still Water,

Pattern Dressings

Start by tying in a marabou tail, dark red in colour. I prefer a thick tail which can be built up by three or four layers of marabou. Make sure that the tail is not too long, no more than 1/2 inch behind the hook bend. Next attach a long slender grizzly hackle tip first to the hook shank and allow it to project past the hook bend. The next step is to wrap an orange wool body hook, bend to hook eye, keeping it on the slender side. Now palmer the grizzly hackle from the tail to the hook eye with 5 or 6 evenly spaced wraps. Tie off, cement, and you have just completed Joe's fly. An option is to use some orange or red tying thread to form a head at the hook eye but I have found the fly to be just as successful at least in Campbell Lake without the head! Mustad 9672.