The Wrong Train

By GAT.

Description

During my steelhead fishing days I always use a two fly presentation. A light pattern and a dark pattern. This is the dark pattern. I call it The Wrong Train because when I first tied it I was trying to tie a Freight Train by Randall Kaufman. I screwed up and used yellow floss instead of orange for the butt end of the body. I used the fly anyway and to my surprise, it works quite well when steelhead are taking dark patterns.

Materials

• Body: 1/4 butt end yellow floss
• Body: 1/4 red floss
• Body: front half black chenille
• Hackle: Purple wet fly grade saddle hackle
• Ribbing: Fine silver oval tinsel
• Tail: Purple saddle hackle fibers
• Thread: Black
• Wing: White Arctic Fox or calf tail fibers

Hooks

• Tiemco TMC 7999 or similar sizes 1-8

Target species: Coastal Cutthroat

Fly types: Salmon/Steelhead