Steve's Peacock Seducer

[Steve Horgan 0]

Materials

Hook: Patridge 4/0 Ad Swier Black Nickel Absolute Pike hook

Thread: Red, 3/0

Yellow bucktail

Gold flashabou

Peacock herl

Yellow saddle hackle

Red Chinese saddle hackle

Sally Hansen’s Hard As Nails

 

Tying Instructions

1. Place hook in vise and tie in an underwing of yellow bucktail approx. 4 in. long (two pencil widths).

2. Tie in wing of approx. 40 strands of fine gold flashabou approx. 5 in. long.

3. Tie in overwing of approx. one dozen strands of peacock herl approx. 4 in. long.

4. Tie in two yellow saddle hackles approx. 4 in. long on each side of body.

5. Tie in head using red Chinese saddle hackle.

6. Coat head with Sally Hansen’s Hard As Nails.

 

Comments: surprisingly rugged fly for peacock bass; casts and fishes well on T-300 line coupled with 9 wt. rod and 40 lb test leader; strip quickly for peacock bass; length of fly is approx. 5 ½ in.

 

Species caught: peacock bass and jacunda