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Looking For A Good Agent Orange Fly Pattern

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Hey guys,

I'm new to this forum and and have been tying for a few months and trying to stock up for steelhead. Ive heard that the Agent Orange fly is one of the better flies and I'm having a hard time finding a pattern for them. Any help would be greatly appreciated also recommendations for other good steelhead flies would be awesome!

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It's been a number of years since I've seen the proper recipe, so I honestly forget. I believe I used tan yarn for the abdomen ribbed with orange wire. I used an angora goat blend for the thorax with a thin skin wing case. Just a stone nymph profile is what you're after here. The barred rubber tails and legs and the hot orange bead were the real features.

 

Add that hot orange bead and those legs to an Ugly Bug (rubber legged stone) and you'll undoubtedly do as well. The Otis Bug is another option. Try different color combinations on the Otis. Sometimes white legs are preferable.

 

Weight them heavy and use a dropper.

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Been using this Agent Orange pattern in South Africa to catch good size Carp.

Originally a Bonefish fly

 

Wet Fly Hook # 4-6

Orange Chenille

Orange Crystal Flash with Grizzly Hackle tips

 

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There are different flies with that same name & variations. dry.png

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=agent+orange+fly&rlz=1C1_____enUS378US378&espv=2&biw=1440&bih=753&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=3Q9dVNyqBfbesASjroC4Dg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=agent+orange+fishing+fly+pattern

 

Fishypieter, the one you've posted is what I'm most familiar with. At least variations of the Bonefish pattern.

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