Sea Trout Black & Pink Fly

Needle Tubes and Tube Flies

Step by Step tying of a simple black & pink sea trout fly

by John Gray

Sea Trout Fly

 

Hook: Partridge Saltwater Perfect size 8 (black nickel finish)
Hackles: Black hen over fluorescent pink cock hackle
Wing: Black squirrel tail


Step 1 - Secure hook in vice and lay a short bed of tying thread at the head.

Sea Trout Black & Pink Fly step 1

 

Step 2 - Tie in a fluorescent pink cock hackle.

Sea Trout Black & Pink Fly - step 2

 

Step 3 - Wind three turns of hackle, secure and trim surplus.

Sea Trout Black & Pink Fly  -  step 3

 

Step 4 - Tie in a black hen hackle.

Sea Trout Black & Pink Fly  -  step 4

 

Step 5 - Wind two or three turns of the black hen hackle in front of the pink hackle. The fly may be left at this stage as a hackled pattern or a hair wing may be added as below.

Sea Trout Black & Pink Fly -  step 5

 

Step 6 - Tie in a sparse bunch of dyed black squirrel tail.

Sea Trout Black & Pink Fly -  step 6

 

Step 7 - Trim the ends of the hair, form a neat head and apply two coats of Cellire No. 1 Varnish.

Sea Trout Black & Pink Fly -  step 7

Book - Sea Trout Nights

 

 

 

The Finished Black & Pink Sea Trout Fly

Sea Trout Fly

 

A similar simple fly may be dressed on a tube. This one is dressed on a 25 mm long stainless steel needle tube, outside diameter 1.5mm, using only a fluorescent pink hackle and some black squirrel hair.

Pink and Black Tube Fly

 

Pink and Black Needle Tube Fly
 

 

For more information on Salmon, Trout and Sea Trout Flies, see Trout and Salmon Flies

 

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Resources

Grays of Kilsyth

Salmon Flies

Trout Flies

Sea Trout Flies

Tube Flies

The Tube Fly Shop

Salmon Fishing Scotland

Trout Fishing Scotland

Sea Trout Fishing

Sea Trout Fishing Book

 

 
 Slim stainless steel salmon and sea trout flies
 
 

HMH Tube Fly Tool

 

ONLINE FLY SHOP

 

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