Skagit Mist Zonker Tube

Skagit Mist Zonker Tube

The Skagit Mist pattern is realy a Akroyd were you swapped the yellow/orange to red but it's a real great looking pattern and it will work perfect on are Baltic Sea trouts here in Sweden and as a autumn fly for many of the Scottisch rivers. Black and red flies has always worked great here in are Swedish rivers with patterns like Black Doctor, Red Butt, Glödhäck and my own pattern The Red Ass Tarantula. The White Zonker Wing make a great contrast to the red and black even in dark waters. I also tyed in Yellow JC feathers to add some more "spice" to the fly. On the fly on the picture I have also changed the front hackle from Teal to Guinea Fowl but still use Teal for my bigger tubes. I will fish this pattern in the evenings and early morning and later when autumn comes I will put it on the leader any time at day. 

Pattern recipe:

Tube: Eumer Red in large/small or medium/xsmall combination

Body: 1/2 Red Dubbing, 1/2 Black Dubbing

Ribb: Silver Tinsel. On the realy small tubes i don't have any ribb at all but on the bigger ones I can use both Flat and Oval tinsel over both body halfs.

Hackle: First a Red Soft Hackle between the body parts, Second a bunch of Ostrich Hearl twisted in a dubbing loop and tied in like a hackle. Third a Guinea Fowl or Teal Hackle as a collar.

Wing: White Rabbit Zonker Stripe tied in before the Ostrich, 2 strands of Holo Fuchsia Flashabou tied in on the side of the wing

Cheeks: Yellow JC feathers

Head: Eumer Red Monster or Cone Head.