HOT HEAD PEARL BIRD'S NEST
Learn to tie Hogan Brown’s Hothead Pearl Bird’s Nest—a modern, buggy, versatile nymph blending classic proportions with updated materials for trout in all conditions.
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 |
