Hi John, I tie a version using black and purple (dyed grizzly) saddle hackles that I use as a leech. Fooled a lot of Kamloops trout on my BC lake trip last year.
Monte John Martinez wrote: > Hi All- > > Was just reading the Dec issue of Fly Fisherman. They > have an article on flatwing flies which led me to dig > around in the tying room and retrieve a back issue of > Fly Tying from last summer which also had an article > on the same thing. > > I have a couple of questions just out of curiosity, > first of all, has anyone tied some of these up and > tried them out in the salt and second has anyone tied > them up and tried them out in freshwater? Reason I ask > is I'm kind of intrigued by the notion of trying to > adapt this style and trying it out on steelhead. Just > wondered if anyone else on the list has adapted this > pattern for other than saltwater species.
