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FLY TYING
CORNER
ANIMAS
RIVER SPECIAL
Designed
and Tied By John Flick.
John is
co-owner of Duranglers
and probably one of the finest all-around trout anglers on
the planet. In fact, he won the individual honors at the Jackson
Hole OneFly contest in 1987. John can share his knowledge
from the cutthroat on the Dolores to the steelhead on the
Babine.
The Animas River Special gets its origin from a long time
favorite, the Platte River Special. I've fished the Platte
River Special for many years on various rivers with great
success. The yellow and brown combination is a great imitation
for small brown trout and baitfish. There have been many days
when excellent streamer patterns like Muddlers,Buggers, Sculpins,
etc., just would not move fish. Then I'd pull out 'Old Yeller'
(Platte River Special) and immediately begin to excite fish.
Many times they won't eat the fly; but because of the yellow/brown
combination, browns, rainbows, and cutthroat alike will sure
come out from their lie and take a hard look! Don't get me
wrong; the lookers are usually smaller fish; the 'Mongos'
will more times than not, inhale the fly.
The
main drawback to the Platte River Special, and the reason
I designed the Animas River Special, is the materials. The
traditional PRS is tied with saddle hackle for the wing.
The saddle is just not durable enough to last for many fish
and tends to lose its good looks after being in your box
for awhile. Using streamer hair, doll hair, or some kind
of synthetic, long-fibered material slows this problem.
Also, by substituting a muddler style head verses a hackle
head, the ARS is a streamer that not only is more durable,
but has a better silhouette.
One
note, as the Platte River Special is not effective just
on the North Platte River; the Animas River Special doesn't
work just on the Animas River. On any river with a good
brown trout or bait fish population, you can fish the ARS
with confidence and success.
Animas
River Special
Sizes:
2-10
Hook: Mustad 79580 or 9672
Thread: Brown 'A'
Body: Yellow Yarn or Chenille
Rib: Oval Gold Tensile
Wing: Yellow & Brown Streamer Hair
Gills: Red Crystal Flash
Head: Brown Deer Hair
Cover back 2/3 rds of shank with .025 lead wire.
Crisscross wrap your thread to secure lead.
Tie in yellow yarn and gold tensile at back of shank.
Move thread forward in front of lead. Wrap yarn forward,
tie off. Rib with tinsel.
Shear off clump of yellow streamer hair.
Clean out short fibers. Hand stack remainder to even tips.
Tie in to where tips are past bend about 1/3 of hook shank
length.
Repeat process with brown hair and tie in on top of yellow
hair.
Take 6 -10 strands of red crystal flash and tie in on side
of hook.
Trim to length, about 1/2 inch. Repeat on opposite side.
Muddler head. Cut clump of deer hair. Clean and stack.
With thread, flare clump on this side of hook on top of
flash.
Repeat on opposite side. Move thread in front of flares.
Take larger clump of hair. Clean. Spin this clump around
shank.
Move thread in front of spin and make small thread head.
Whip finish.Trim spun and flared deer hair to shape.
Lacquer head.
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