Ard Stetts Flies

Name	Ironwood
Category	Pacific Salmon/Trout/Steelhead
Hook	Alec Jackson Spey 1.5
Thread	Black 8/0
Tag	Flat medium silver tinsel
Tip	Golden pheasant crest dyed dk. olive green
Body, Rear 2/3	Thinly dressed with silver grey floss then burnished to dull it a bit
Waist	A short grey spey hackle faced with black ostrich herl
Body, Front 1/3	Built up to three times the thickness of the rear with floss and ribbed with silver oval braid
Collar	A long grey spey hackle
Wing	A teal flank dyed dk. gray / black
Head	Tapered and lacquered black thread

Ironwood is an original fly designed by Ard Stetts for his "Wood Series" as described in his Article A Late Autumn Day in Alaska. You can see more of Ard's flies at The Flies of Ard Stetts. See his notes about this fly below.