This fly was created by Capt. Paul Fisicaro - this is my interpretation of his creation. The fly is something in the middle of the road between a kwan and toad. Its a fairly easy fly to tie, Capt. Paul like tying the fly with bead chain eyes. This is fine, but in my limited experience a fly lower in the water column seems to be in my favor. I have had some refusals with a fish tracking a fly coming up in the water column. In the bottom picture you see that I tied the flies with several different weight eyes (medium & large bead chain & x-small & small lead eyes).
Materials Used
Hook: Mustad 34007 size 2
Thread: Olive Ultra Thread 140
Tail: Crystal Flash (Copper & Root Beer), Enrico's EP Fibers (Olive & Tan)
Body: Aunt Lydia's (Rug Yarn) (Tan & Cream) or Enrico's EP Fibers (Olive & Back Country)
Head: Medium Bead Chain (use heavier to cover the water column)
Weed Guard: 25 pound hard mason mono
Tying:
Wrap hook shank with thread to just past the barb
Now tie in the Enrico's EP Fiber tail, length is twice the hook
Now bar the tail with a brown or green magic marker
Tie in flash twice the length of the hook
Take some Sally Hansen Hard as Nails and coat.
Now figure eight five pieces of yarn or Enrico's EP Fiber alternating colors
Tie in the dumb bell eye and super glue
Cut the yarn or Enrico's EP Fiber diagonally from the hook shank
Add a little Sally Hansen Hard as Nails to the top and bottom of fly to lock in the wraps
Tie in the weed guard
Whip finish and head cement.
Fighters ready for action
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