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Orange Tip
A Stetts Original Pattern for Silver Salmon and Trout
| Name |
Orange Tip |
| Category |
Pacific Salmon |
| Hook |
Dia-Riki #810 size #2 a nice wide gap with a ball eye |
| Silk |
Orange |
| Tag |
The tag is wrapped longer than normal and is of medium flat gold tinsel |
| Tip |
A small build of orange silk to support the tail |
| Tail |
A nice pair of golden pheasant tippets tied in long |
| Butt |
Black ostrich |
| Body |
Medium flat gold tinsel |
| Ribbing |
Oval gold tinsel |
| Underwing |
A full bunch of dyed brown buck tail half as long as tail |
| Wing |
Two matched bright orange saddle hackles over which are two slightly longer medium brown hackles |
| Cheek |
Jungle cock eye |
| Collar |
Three or four turns medium brown hackle tied back |
| Head |
Lacquered orange silk |
Orange Tip is an original pattern from Salmonfly.Net Contributing Fly Tyer
and author, Ard Stetts. You can see more of Ard's flies at The Flies of Ard Stetts.
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