Brown Heron

Hook:

Partridge Bartleet size 2/0 - 4

Thread:

70 denier UTC red

Tag:

 Medium flat silver tinsel

Body:

Rear half Orange silk floss - Front half Orange angora goat

Rib:

Medium flat silver tinsel followed by fine oval silver tinsel

Hackle:

Blue eared pheasant palmered behind oval tinsel

Throat:

Gadwall flank sparse

Wing:

Matched pair of peacock secondary wing strips

Head:

Red thread

Another very popular low water Spey flies developed by Sid Glasso.  Slightly darker and more somber than the Orange Heron, this is another fly to swing in low, clear water.

 

 

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