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Clark's Purple "C" Spey
Designed and Dressed by Clark Lucas

Clark's Purple C Spey, A Clark Lucas Original

Pattern: Clark's Purple "C" Spey

Hook: Alex Jackson 3/0 black Spey Hook

Thread: Black Griffon's 14/0

Tag: Gold Medium Oval Tinsel

Tail: Blue dyed GP crest under natural GP tip then Black Herl 1/2 stripped

Body: Pearsall's Purple Floss

Rib:Gold Flat Tinsel large with medium Gold Oval Tinsel, Fuchsia floss, Countered with small gold Oval tinsel

Hackle: Brown/Black Cock Hackle 1/2 stripped Schlappen ( Feather Duster-China) Tannatt style butt of feather in at butt of fly

Throat: Natural Guinea (S. Aviary) 1/2 stripped

Wing: Bronze Mallard strips Tannatt style; left strip 1st, reverse thread, right strip last.

Clark's Purple "C" Spey was tied by Contributing Fly Tyer, Clark Lucas, who began showing his flies on this site in 1999.

You can read about Clark and see many more of his fine speys by visiting The Flies of Clark Lucas.

 

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