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Und Blitzen
A William Lovelace Fly

Name	Und Blitzen
Category	Steelhead
Hook	Dai Riki 899 # 2/0
Thread	Red Monocord
Tail	Red Hackle Fibers
Body	Silver Holographic Tinsel and Green Merino Wool Dubbing
Rib	4 strands of twisted Red Glamour tinsel (or sub Red Krystal Flash)
Wing	Red and Peacock Krystal Flash
Hackles	Red Cock Hackle then green dyed Guinea

As Bill notes below, he created this fly for a friend for Christmas day, and so this is his submission to start out the Christmas Fly Contest.  You can find many more of his flies at his page on this site, The Flies of William Lovelace. 

Bill's Notes: HO HO HO!-created for a friend on Christmas day.

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