Little Brook Trout

Little Brook Trout

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Tying Instructions

1. Attach 15-20 turns of lead wire wraps to the shank. Anchor the wire with thread wraps.

2. Tie in a small clump of Green Bucktail for a tail at the bend of the hook. Even the tips in a stacker. Tail should be about 1/2 the shank length.

3. Attach some Red Floss above the green Bucktail. The floss length should be about that of the hook gap.

4. Attach a silver mylar ribbing at the tail tie-in position. Also secure the Superfine Dubbing for the body.

5. Wrap the dubbing around the thread tight enough to make a smooth body. If you wrap the dubbing around the thread too tightly, it will give a segmented appearance. Now, wrap the dubbed thread forward to about an eyelength behind the eye and secure.

6. Bring the ribbing forward with evenly spaced wraps. I like 5 wraps since it is the classic Salmon Fly protocol.

7. Attach a small clump of orange bucktail below the shank just behind the eye for a throat.

8. The first color of wing material is white bucktail. Use small clumps and even the tips. Apply tight wraps just behind the eye and less tight as you wrap towards the rear. This will help keep the hairs from splaying.

9. The next color is orange bucktail. Take care to place each bundle of hair on top of the previous one without rolling over. A pinch wrap technique works well.

10. Now comes the Green. Each hair bundle should be anchored a little back behind the previous so that you do not get an abrupt edge of material behind the eye. Try to maintain a tapered butt end of the bucktail wings.

11. Finally the squirrel tail hairs go one top of the group. Squirrel tail is a little slippery and slick. Make sure you make these wraps tight and secure.When done, put some less tight wraps behind the head to help keep the hairs to lay down.

12. I like to use an imitation Jungle Cock nail since the real stuff is expensive, and the fish don’t care. A little head cement applied to the back of the nail will help to encourage the feather to lay flush against the bucktail wing. Whip Finish and apply head cement.

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Hook	Daiichi 2220, # 6-10
Thread	Danville Black 6/0
Head	Danville Black 6/0
Tail	Red Floss over Green Bucktail
Body	White Superfine Dubbing
Ribbing	Flat Silver Tinsel
Wing	Small bunch of white bucktail,orange bucktail, green bucktail topped with grey squirrel tail
Throat	Orange Bucktail
Cheek	Jungle Cock

Samuel Slaymaker II

Little Brook Trout

This is a series of patterns originated by Samuel R. Slaymaker II of Gap, Pennsylvania in the late 1950’s. Mr. Slaymaker studied the natural fry to create a natural looking imitation using dyed bucktail. The hairs that make up the wing are blended slightly. It is an effective fly for use on trout in sizes 6-12 for our Sierran waters using a stripping action. Mr. Slaymaker had an interesting history as an expert on such wide-ranging topics as private schools, European history and fly fishing. He wrote two books on fly fishing, Simplified Fly Fishing in 1969 and Tie a Fly, Catch a Fish in 1976. As an outdoors writer, he was a regular contributor to such magazines as Esquire, Outdoor Life, Field and Stream, and Sports Afield. He passed away in Lancaster, PA in April 11th, 1989 at the age of 66 years.

Three pattern variations

The first of this trio to be tied was the Little Brown trout (1958), followed by the Little Brook trout.  The colors were decided by having a pair of small hatchery fish, a brook and a brown, cast into clear plastic resin.  This could be manipulated to expose the different colors of the fish separately.  Then the correct shade of material was chosen.

In 1958, Samuel gave his Little Brown Trout streamer to a friend, John Stauffer, who caught a large Brown trout in Spring Creek, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Other prominent anglers such as Ernest Schweibert, John Alden Knight, and Arnold Gingrich took notice and Weber Tackle Company of Stevens Point, Wisconsin started to market the pattern in 1960. Samuel followed up with the Litte Brook trout and Little Rainbow trout in the early 1960’s.

Variations

Little Brown Trout

Hook	TMC 5263, sizes 6-12
Thread	Danville Black 6/0
Head	Danville Black 6/0
Tail	Ringneck Pheasant Breast Feather
Body	White Superfine Dubbing
Ribbing	Narrow Flat Gold Tinsel
Wing	Small bunch of Bucktail, (Yellow, Orange, Red, & Brown)
Cheek	Jungle Cock

Little Rainbow Trout

Hook	TMC 5263, sizes 6-12
Thread	Danville Black 6/0
Head	Danville Black 6/0
Tail	Bright Green Bucktail
Body	Hendrickson Pink Superfine
Ribbing	Narrow Flat Silver Tinsel
Wing	Small bunch of Bucktail, (White, Pink, Green) topped with Badger Hair
Throat	Pink Bucktail
Cheek	Jungle Cock