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Rusty Chopter (Shumakov)
Tied by Ken Broadhead
Name | Rusty Chopter (Shumakov) |
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Category | SteelheadHook |
Partridge cs10/1 #4 or any salmon |
Tip |
Copper mini braid |
Tag |
Uni floss neon hot orange |
Tail |
Uni floss neon hot orange, brushed out |
Body |
Copper mini braid, Polar Aire burnt orange dubbing |
Hackle |
Ginger saddle |
Wing |
Tiny bunch orange arctic fox, tiny bunch Polar Aire burnt orange, copper flash, small bunch brown arctic fox |
Sides |
Small jungle cock |
Head |
Orange Uni thread | |
Rusty Chopter was tied by Ken Broadhead. You will find many more of his exceptional flies at The Flies of Ken Broadhead.
Notes: This is Ken Broadhead's rendition of the Yuri Shumakov tube fly (which see). |
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