Tying Instructions:

This pattern's orgins are from England. The original pattern called for a thread body with an overbody of pearl tinsel to give the fly a semi tranparent appearance. Also the the Thorax dubbing used was Olive Star Fire hair Dubbing. I decided to use the magic strechy cord to give it the same tranparent effect and made it a bit more durable in doing this. I mixed the olive dubbings the best I could to acheive the original effect of the fire star dubbing. This pattern is great for tailwaters used as a trailer fly.

Solano Fly Fishers
Tungsten Bead Scruffy
Back
Hook:
Thread:

UnderBody:
Overbody:
Wing:
Thorax:
TMC Pupa 16
8/0 Uni Olive/brown (for Olive Phantom)
8/0 Uni Purple (for Purple Phantom) 10/0 White Gudebrod(for Blue Phantom)
Olive Phantom- Green Flashabou, Purple Phantom - Purple Lite Brite, Pearl Phantom - Pearl Blue Flashabou
Magic Strech Cord Clear
Polyproplene Grey on all Phantoms
Purple Phantom - Mix of Purple/Black Arizona Semi Seal mixed with Black Leech Dub
Olive Phantom - Trout Hunter Rusty Olive mixed with Olive Arizona Semi Seal
Pearl Phantom - Mix of Arizona Spectrum Black and Blue/black sparkle leech dub