Seaducer — Homer S. Rhode Jr. Tarpon/Bonefish fly

By Homer S. Rhode J. (1940s) Coral Gables, Florida, submitted by Mike Cline.

Description

Homer S. Rhode Jr. was a commercial snook angler in the Everglades region of S. Florida. He developed the Homer S. Rhode Jr. Tarpon/Bonefish fly for shallow water situations where the heavily hackled fly would suspend and produce enticing movement when slowly retrieved. The pattern was first described in Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing, (1950, 1966) by Joseph D. Bates, Jr. In the 1980s the fly was still popular and renamed Seaducer.

Tying Process

The original was tied without flash. Most modern versions include flash in the tail.

Materials

• Body: Two palmered hackles
• Tail: Four Splayed Hackles with optional flash
• Thread: 0.04 Monofilament

Hooks

• Firehole 801P 1/0

Fly types: Saltwater, Streamer