Bloody Butcher

By Jack Boehme, 1920s, submitted by Mike Cline.

Description

Adapted from an English wet fly, the Bloody Butcher was developed by Jack Boehme of Montana in the 1920s. It was originally designed as an improvement on the Picket Pin as an adult salmon fly imitation. It is often used as a hopper pattern as well.

Materials

• Body: Peacock Herl
• Hackle: Red and Yellow hackle ribbed over body
• Tail: Red and Yellow hackle fibers
• Thread: UTC 140 Black
• Wing: Gray squirrel tail

Hooks

• Firehole 718 #4

Target species: Trout

Fly types: Dry Fly, Terrestrial