#217 - Firefly

#217 Firefly - Dan Despres

Tied by: Dan Despres
Originated by: Carrie Stevens
Source: Carrie G. Stevens: Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout and Salmon Flies - Hilyard Pg. 132 - 133

Hook: Partridge CS15 #2
Thread: White
Tag: Silver flat tinsel
Body: Red floss
Rib: Flat silver tinsel
Belly: White bucktail
Throat: Gray hackle fibers
Underwing: 4-6 peacock herls
Wing: 2 gray hackle flanked by yellow hackles flanked by orange hackles
Eye: Jungle cock nail
Head: Black with orange band

Notes: Dan has a distinctly eastern Canadian style of tying Carrie Stevens patterns. Dan is true to the original in material, changing up the presentation by staggering the 3 wing colours. Carrie's original calls for only the orange hackle to be tied in slightly shorter. Dan was a bit of a happy accident so to speak. When Darren was beginning his planning of the Streamers 365 project, he wasn't aware of Dan and his tying skills. After Dan won a random draw on the Streamers 365 Facebook page, Darren asked Dan to submit a couple patterns for the project.