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Black Gordon
Tied by Charles Dickson Jr.

Name	Black Gordon
Category	Steelhead Tube Fly
Tube	Brass, Copper or Aluminum
Tag	Oval gold tinsel
Butt	Red hackle
Rib	Black Lagartun flat braid with oval gold tinsel on either side of it over rear half of body, large oval gold over the front part of body
Body	Rear half red floss, front half black dubbing
Body Hackle	Red hackle palmerd over front of body
Collar	Black hackle
Wing	Black rabbit strip over rear half, Black rabbit strip over front
Head	Black cone

Black Gordon was tied by Charles Dickson Jr. You can find more of his flies on his page on this site, The Flies of Charles Dickson Jr.. 

Charlie's Notes: The Black Gordon is an old standard for steelhead fishing on the west coast. It was originally invented by Clarence Gordon in the 1930’s for fishing the North Umpqua. This is my version of the fly adapted to a tube. My version is probably more complicated than it needs to be but it can be fun to indulge yourself on tubes because they are a much larger tying platform than a hook.

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