HOT BEAD SOFT HACKLE
Hot Bead Soft Hackle: a simple, versatile pattern for swinging or nymphing in any season. Effective for trout in off-color water or alongside BWOs and PMDs.
BLOODY MARIA
DESCRIPTION
Jeff Ching’s Bloody Maria is one of the most effective patterns for targeting American Shad. This fly was developed on the American River in Sacramento, CA and can be swung, dead-drifted, jigged, twitched, and everything in between.
MATERIALS
| Hook | TMC 2457 #10 |
| Bead | 3.2mm (⅛”) Gold Bead |
| Tail | Krystal Flash - UV Pearl |
| Flashabou - Small Pearl | |
| Ice Dub - UV | |
| Flash ’n Slinky - Anchovy | |
| Thread | Red Danville 210 Denier |
| White Danville 210 Denier | |
| Body | Fluorescent Chartreuse Ultra Wire - Brassie |
