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The Char Finn
An Original Pattern by Ard Stetts
Name |
The Char Finn |
Category |
Pacific Salmon/Arctic Char |
Hook |
Your choice, I use a Gamakatsu size # 1 or 2 usually |
Tag |
Oval French twist tinsel |
Tail |
Arctic fox hair or similar, grey fox, squirrel tail etc, very sparse |
Body |
Bright orange floss |
Ribbing |
A black saddle hackle wound palmer style and over wound with medium oval French twist tinsel in silver |
Hackle |
Bleached goose shoulder dyed jet black swept back in the spey fashion |
Wing |
Either a paired married wing of orange, black, and white goose wing feather or a stacked hair wing of the same colors |
The Char Finn is an original fly designed by Ard Stetts. You can see more of Ard's flies at The Flies of Ard Stetts.
See his notes about this fly below.
Ard's Notes: Proven for Arctic char silver and pink salmon; built on the solid foundation of the Brook Finn Eastern wet fly pattern.
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