Wednesday
Jul152009
The Illuminator
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Hook: TMC 2487 Size 14
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Tie on some red thread and form a small red butt. |
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Whip finish the red thread and then tie on some green thread. |
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Tie in some small copper wire for the rib. |
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Tie in some green holographic tinsel and wrap forward to form the body. |
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Take the copper wire and form 4 to 5 ribs over the body. |
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Tie in some white antron for the gills. |
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Tie in one peacock herl and wrap to form the thorax. |
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Whip finish and cut the gills to about 1/8" in length. |
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The fly is ready for your local lakes. |
2 Comments
Reader Comments (2)
I tie A very similar pattern to this for some Western and Eastern Washington lakes, only I tie it with a tungsten bead. I used it first about ten years ago on Lenore when I noticed there were times that the fish either keyed in on florescent green or red, so I developed the fly to incorporate both. It worked amazingly well so I at the time called it the Lenore special. I handed the pattern out to a few choice friends and left it at that. A couple of years later before a trip to local lake called Lone one of the same friends was excited about a new pattern that they had tied and they couldn't wait to show me. On the water she showed me and I chuckled a bit immediately recognizing the pattern as the Lenore fly. I opened my box to show her several of the same pattern and she laughed as well. It was early spring and both of us fished that fly with great success and many other fishers on the lake had to stop by to admire the bug. After that day the bug was renamed after her and now it is some what well known here in Washington.
Ira
I also use red holo rib vs silver.