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BulkleyThe Bulkley Bandit
by Don Lambie

The Bulkley Bandit is on a 3/0 Traditional Salmon Fly Hook, also one finished on a 2/0 Traditional, and another finished on a 1/0 Supreme.

Materials

  • Thread - Danville's 210 flymaster plus # 505 - and Danvill's 210 flymaster plus black
  • Tail - Purple Polar Bear - or Buck tail or Kid goal Purple Squirrel Purple and Silver Holographic Fly Fiber Krystal Flash ( Smolt Blue ) Purple Marabou
  • Body - Cactus Chenille, Med. Black Rib - Silver Diamond Braid
  • Throat - Dark Blue Buck
  • Tail Back - Light Blue Buck Tail Peacock Flashabou Smolt Blue Krystal Flash Purple Flashabou Back Marabou
  • 2 part epoxy
  • black and white paint for eyes
  • flex seal
  • a head cement or use clear coat
  • small paint brush for applying the epoxy small ends of paint brushes to dip dot on the eyes.
 
DRESSING:

Steps 1 to 8

Starting with the black thread tie on tail, stacking as follows -Purple Polar Bear, Purple Squirrel, 12 Hologaraphic Purple & Silver Fly Fiber - 6 with siver down, 3 with silver up and the last three with silver side down, add 9 Krystal Flash ( Smolt Blue ). Last tie on Purple Marabou. The Marabou should fall short of the Krystal Flash ends.

 

  1 to 8

9

 

Step 9

Wrap body with Cactus Chen. Med. Black.

 

 

Steps 10 - 11

Wrap a rib of Siver Diamond Braid, and change to #505 thread

 

 

  10_11

12_13

 

Steps 12 - 13

Tie on throat with Dark Blue Bucktail, to tip of point.

Over the back tie on Light Blue Bucktail to the end of the full body

 

 

Steps 14 - 15 - 16

next stack on 8 to 10 Peacock Flasabou, 9 Smolt Blue Krystal Flash, and 10 Purple Fasabou.

 

   

 

Step 17

Tie on Black Marabou over length of body.

 

   

Step 18

Finish head. The instructions for this fly head are the same as Ruby's Rage and you will find out how to by going to Ruby's Rage recipe.

The Bulkley Bandit is an easy Streamer to tie, but to finish the head is a little more difficult.

 

 

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My favorite runs on the Bulkley River

river
In September, with Hudson Bay Mountain in the background

Enjoy this Streamer Fly, and I will see you the river.

Thank you.
Take care, tight lines. Don Lambie ( Big Red )


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All content © Copyright 2006. Partridge of Redditch Limited.
Use of material only in agreement with Partridge of Redditch Limited.

Partridge of Redditch Limited

Telephone: +44 (0) 8707 602 130
email:hooks@partridge-of-redditch.com