Squilpin

By Timothy Bird - The Saltwater Fly Angler, submitted by Ken Brown.

Description

I first learned about this fly when my wife rented a house on Eglon Beach and I wanted to tie some SRC patterns. I used this particular pattern last week to great effect for Lahontan Cutthroat in Eastern Washington. It accounted for the majority of fish I caught over three days.

Tying Process

Available on Timothy Bird’s YouTube channel

Materials

• Bead: Black nickel
• Bead: Cone Head Brass
• Body: Ice Dub
• Collar: Green hackle
• Hackle: Natural brown hackle
• Ribbing: Copper Wire Small
• Tail: Squirrel micro zonker strip sculpin olive
• Tail: White bucktail undertail
• Weight: .015 lead free wire

Hooks

• TMC 9395

Target species: Cutthroat Trout

Fly types: Streamer