STREAMERS &
PULLING
FLIES
FLASH HARRY
In the last few years I have identified three flies that have similar
ties and all work well on a range of fisheries. Depending on who ties
them they can be almost the same or can be divers as two Woolly Buggers
tied by two different fly tiers. The three flies I refer to are of
course the Flash Harry, the Dirty Harry and the Humongous. I call my
version a Flash Harry because that is how I always think of my father in
law who died a few years ago. He was one of my favorite people and this
is one of my favorite flies for Bass, EP's, Silver Perch and
Yellowbellies. I like to fish it on a fast sinking line with a stop and
start jerky retrieve.
MATERIAL:
Hook - Size 10
3X long
shank
Thread
- Black
Weight
- Lead wire
(optional)
Rib
- Copper wire
Tail
- Red marabou
Body
- Peacock herl
Hackle
- Grizzly
A)
- Slide a bead head onto the hook shank and position it
behind the eye of the hook.
- Wind the thread in touching
turns to the bend of the hook.
- Tie in a marabou tail equal in length to the hook
length.
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I like to weight this fly so I
tie in 10 wraps of .015 lead wire behind the bead head.
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Tie in a length of body material
at the bend of the hook.
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B)
- Wind the body material forward in touching turns.
- Tie it of behind the bead head and trim the excess.
- Varnish the bead head and the thread wrap that tied in the
body material.
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