AGENT ORANGE

AGENT ORANGE

Hook : Mustad 34007 # 2 - 6

Thread : Uni-Thread 3/0 Orange

Body : Chenille Orange

Wing : Calf Tail Orange And Grizzly Saddle Natural

Tying Instruction :

1) Tie on thread near hook bend.
2) Strip away a little of the martial on the chenille with your fingernail. This will leave the string exposed so that you can tie on the chenille with no lump.
3)Wrap thread to eye of hook. Now over warp thread with chenille close turns, to form body.
4) Flip the hook over in the vise and tie in a clump of Calf tail as a wing.
5) Tie on a grizzly hackle tip on both side of the of the Calf tail wing.
6) Whip finish and coat the head with Sally Hanson's Hard as Nails.

ABOUT THE FLY TIER

E-mail : desjarla@granby.net

Also called Wading Luc, Luc Desjarlais is a Canadian spending summers in Sutton, Province of Québec (a stone-throw from the Vermont U.S. border), and winters in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. An early retiree and dedicated wade flyfisher, Wading Luc’s silver-grey camper van is a winter fixture in Canaveral National Seashore Parking No. 5 (Mosquito Lagoon) since the late nineties. When summer takes him back to Canada, you will most likely find him roaming the streams of Northern Vermont. An occasional wading guide, Luc Desjarlais is the author of:

Luc’s Guide to Wade FlyFishing Mosquito Lagoon From Canaveral National Seashore, Florida

Wade Flyfishing Northern Vermont and

Luc’s Fish Talk on the St. Johns River.