I like the bloody butcher version, that sounds like a great steelhead adaptation. I have used the picket pin for years and find it to be a great pattern for a wide variety of fish, and use it often in warm water.
Susan --- "Dean A. Endress" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Keith Passant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can we have the pattern details for this fly > plisssss? > > KP > > KEITH, > Here's at least 3 versions of the Picket Pin, since > it's been around > since the early 1900s I'm fairly certian there's > alot more > variations... > PICKET PIN > Hook = 3X or 4X streamer/Nymph, sizes #4-10 > Thread = 6/o Black. > Tail = Golden Pheasent tippet fibers > Body = Oval Gold Tinsel > Hackle = Brown, tyed as a Collar...May also tye it > Palmered > Wing = Grey Squirrel tail...extending to end of > tail > Head = Peacock herl > This version is in Terry Helleckson's "FISH FLIES, > Vol.1"..The more > popular version from what I can gather.. > > PICKET PIN > Hook = 3X or 4X Streamer/Nymph, #4-12 > Thread = 6/0 black > Tail = Golden Pheasent Tippet fibers > Body = Peacock Herl > Hackle = Brown, palmered 4-6 times over body > Wing = Grey Squirrel, to end of tail > Head = Peacock herl > This is the version I'm in favour of using, Learned > about it years > ago. > PICKET PIN (Bloody Butcher version) > Hook = 3X or 4X , #4-12 > Thread = 6/0 black > Tail = Mixed red & Yellow hackle fibers > Body = Peacock Herl > Hackle = Mixed red & Yellow Hackle, palmered 4-6 > times over body > Rib = Fine gold wire > Wing = Grey Squirrel tail, to end of tail > Head = Peacock herl > This is probally the least known version I'm aware > of...but I should > think it would work just great for Steelhead. > > Hope > this helps, > > DEAN... > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
