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Clark's Silver and Black
A Clark Lucas Fly

Clark's Silver and Black

Name
Clark's Silver and Black

Category Steelhead

Hook Alex Jackson Daiichi 3.0

Tag
Silver Oval Tinsel medium 4 wraps

Body Uni-Yarn Black, looped tied in at head, to tail and back to head

Rib Medium Flat Silver Tinsel, Oval medium Silver Tinsel, oval medium tied in under flat tinsel, two thread wraps to hold each. Four wrapped ribbing.

Counterwind Small Oval Tinsel, counter wrapped, picking out BEP barbules as you go evenly spaced

Hackle Blue-Eared Pheasant, Black, reversed so counterwind follows flat silver tinsel

Throat Silver Pheasant 1/2 stripped butt first, 4 wraps

Wings 1/4" Bronze Mallard strip, left strip tied in first, reverse thread, right strip tied, whip finishing each strip 3 wraps

Head Black

Clark's Silver and Black is originated and tied by Contributing Fly Tyer Clark Lucas. You can read about Clark and see many more of his fine speys by visiting The Flies of Clark Lucas.

Webmaster notes: This fly was given to me by Clark for fishing. It is now in my summer steelhead box along with some other flies from Clark for my next summer steelhead outing.

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