You can use any color combo you like. This brown/orange pattern mimics a crayfish, one of the favorite foods of the steelhead in the river.
The smallmouth bass that enter the river in May & June will also find it to their liking. Just attach a #4 Octopus stinger hook with a non-slip loop knot and you are good to go!
List of materials in order they are put on:
Shank - cut from #4 streamer hook 7XL to give lenght of 35mm, smooth the end with file
add a rear loop on the shank with .018 beading wire
Rear bump - 2 turns of flourescent orange chennile
Tail - dark brown marabou plume wound on by the tip, with 2 strands of copper flashabou along each side.
Body - copper Ice dub with brown grizzly hackle palmered and counter wrapped with fine black ultra
wire.
Front bump - 2 turns of Brown/copper tinsel chenille
Collars - brown Artic fox spun in a dubbing loop (sparse)
- 8 strands of black rhea
- 2 turns of ornage pheasant rump
Flash - 2 strands of copper flashabou along each flank
Wing - 2 body feathers from golden pheasant tied in flat over top of shank
Topping - 4 strands of copper krystal flash
Head - medium black bead chain tied under the shank with 2 turns of flourescent orange antron dubbing.
Thread - brown 140 ultra thread
