Rainbow “Trout” Pattern

[Phil Lilley]

Rainbow “Trout” Pattern

Recipe:

Hook: TMC 777 SP Sz 4,6

Thread: UTC 140 White

Tail: Marabou / white

Body: SLF Dubbing w/ flashabou dubbing mixed.

Marker pens: Prismacolor pink,olive,and black

Eyes: 3/32 hologram dome eyes

Cone: Tungsten / Medium

Tying Instructions:

Slide the cone before tying. Tie the thread on and wrap to the bend.

Get one piece of marabou and tie it in at the bend. Go ahead and tie in the marabou shaft all the way up to the eye of the eye. Then cut off the excess.

Advance the thread to the middle and make a dubbing loop to make the body with dubbing. Put the dubbing in the loop and then you will want to spend the dubbing loop until the dubbing looks tight in the loop. Before you start the spinning of the loop, you will want the thread up at the front of the eye.

Once you have wrapped the loop froward, you will want to tie it off and start the cut of the dubbing. You don’t want any of the dubbing to be flared out because you will not be able to use the marker’s correctly when you start marking the fly.

The first thing I do is get the pink stripe down the side. I also follow through the marabou a little. Not all the way down the marabou.

Then do the olive on the top and the underside of the dubbing. At this point you should not see any white dubbing showing through.

The last step is to start putting little dots all over the body and the tail. Don’t hold the marker down to longor you will create the marker to bleed and you really won’t see the distinguish dots.

Note: If you want to put eyes on the fly. You can use the marine goop and use the dome style eyes.

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

GREAT looking fly. I'm going to set down and tie some up now. Thanks for the pattern.

John

[Brian K. Shaffer]

That patterns a huge producer - and that is the best hook for the job!

Very nicely tied.. how do you fish it Jeremy ?

Brian

[Randall]

where do i get those marker pens you listed?

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Its a PRSIMACOLOR marker.. and you can find them at most hobby shops.

Hobby Lobby.. and the like. ( michels )

You can find all colors at : www.flyshop.com : but you gotta find it

[Jeremy Hunt]

Brian, To be honest with you, I have my best luck with it in the secret hole. Over by Jody's house after a rain when it floods.. You have been there with me.

On the other hand. I will tell you that when the shad are running thru the dam, this is a fly you must have to fish the deeper water column. I like to have all different wighted ones. A top water, Subsurface, middle of the water, and the bottom in the deep holes. Make sure you go heavy on the tippet and keep a short leader and tppet. To much length will create a nice knot in the back of the head

Night Fishing

This can be a very effective fly at night when there's a moon. I have my best luck sripping longer strips when pulling in the slack line. Make sure you are stripping slow. I have found that the majority of the time they like presentation's slower.

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

where do i get those marker pens you listed?

Hey Randall, I just got back from Hobby Lobby and they have a big selection of the PrismaColor pens. I compared prices with Cabela's and Hobby Lobby was the same, about $3.45 a pen.

John