Hook - Mustad 3665A (6XL)
Size - 2-10
Thread - black 6/0 or 8/0
Weight - optional
Tail - golden pheasant tippets
Body - peacock her and red floss, divide as in picture
Wing - white calf tail or bucktail
Comment - Adapted from an old MUCC magazine "fly box" recipe
Hi,
Mistake about picture… or mistake about pattern ?
Sounds like the pattern is a Mickey Finn.
No mistake. Mickey Finns are typically yellow and red bucktail.
Right… but this pattern (above) is also not the Betty McNault fly pattern…