Friday Night Flies – SSG Bucktail Fly
Friday Night Flies – SSG Bucktail Fly
Friday Night Flies – SSG Bucktail Fly
Friday Night Flies – SSG Bucktail Fly
Learn how to tie flies for fly fishing. The SSG Bucktail fly aka. “the Triple odd Bucktail” is a very good fly pattern for fly fishing for Coho Salmon and Chum Salmon in the Streams and Rivers of the Pacific Northwest. Coho and Chum Salmon find this pattern irresistible and it can also irritate them at the same time. It is a simple swing and strip pattern used on a sinking tip Fly line with a sink rate of type 3. Use a leader length between 6′ – 9′ of 15 LB tippet and this fly will produce both Chum and Coho Salmon. The reason we called this Fly pattern the SSG Bucktail, for the simple comparison to a shotgun shells. Once this Bucktail fly is thrown at the river, it hits everything!
Material List;
Size 3/0 mustad sproat hook,
140 ultra thread fl orange,
spirit river tip dyed bucktail White/Blue,
flat diamond braid root beer,
dyed UV polar chenille large Chartreuse UV,
cactus chenille medium Chartreuse,
UV polar chenille silver,
1/4 gold cone,
Peacock Herl.
