Monte Smith Flies

Rock Island
Designed and Dressed by Monte Smith

Name	Rock Island
Category	Featherwing Streamer
Hook	Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek 8XL, #1
Tag	Small flat gold tinsel
Body	Black silk
Ribs	Small oval gold tinsel and orange silk counter wrapped with bright green silk and small oval gold tinsel
Belly	Peacock herl, white bucktail, sparse olive bucktail, and a short golden pheasant crest
Throat	White schlappen covered with deep red hackle fibers
Wings	Orange, yellow, and olive hackles
Shoulders	Green phase peacock body feather
Roof	Bronze mallard
Cheeks	Jungle cock

Rock Island was designed and tied by contributing fly tyer Monte Smith. As with all of Monte's streamer designs this one shows his keen appreciation for both the art and the history of fly tying as well as his exceptional tying skills.

You can see more of the flies tied by Monte Smith and many of his own designs at The Flies of Monte Smith.