Red Dart
Hook: Size #14 Jig Hook of choice.
Tying thread: 6/0 red thread.
Bead: Gold slotted 7/64” tungsten bead.
Weight: .02 lead free wire.
Tail: Red Saddle Hackle.
Rib: Pearl colored sulky silver tinsel.
Body: 3 strands of peacock herl or peacock ice
dubbing.
Collar/hackle: Brown hackle feather 1 size smaller than
the fly (size #16).
Secondary
collar: 2-3 wraps of pink
ice dubbing.
Hotspot: red tying thread.
This
fly was developed by Mr. Lance Egan. Like
most nymphs tied on a jig hook, it sinks fast and gets down deep. Many anglers love to use this fly when
fishing ‘high water’.
Begin
by placing your bead on the hook and place it in your vice. Behind the bead, take 7-8 wraps of your wire,
break off the ends and push it up against the bead. You may want to further lock everything into
place with some super glue or adhesive of choice. Next, affix your thread to the hook shank and
make covering wraps along the hook shank.
Leave your thread at the bend of the hook. Next, tie in your tail fibers of red saddle
hackle. The length of the tail should be
approximately the length of the hook shank.
Now tie in your pearl tinsel rib.
Next, tie in 3 strands of peacock herl.
Wrap the herl forward leaving enough room for your collars & hot
spot. Tie & cut off your excess
peacock. Now, counter wrap the peacock
body with your pearl tinsel. Tie & cut
your tinsel off. Select a brown saddle
hackle 1 size smaller than the hook size (size #16). Tie the hackle in front of the peacock. Take two full turns of the hackle around the
hook. Preen the hackle fibers rearward
as you go. Tie & cut the excess
hackle off. Next dub a small amount of
pink ice dub for your secondary collar.
2-3 wraps of a thin dubbing noodle is all that is needed. Now take some forward wraps with your thread
to create a red ‘hot spot’ adjacent to the bead. Tie & cut off your thread. Apply some cement to the hot spot wraps for
durability.
Tim
Flagler and tightlinevideo have a great instructional video on how to tie this
fly below:
If
you have any questions about this fly or would like to submit a Fly of the
Month I can be reached at 203 305-3850 or at pdinice@frontier.com .
