The Kitchen Sink
Despite its name, this trending fly should never be the last pattern you try
Black and orange are great colours in any salmon fly, and the Kitchen Sink, with its long, mobile tail, is particularly deadly in clear water.
Material list for the Kitchen Sink
Hook: Any size single, double or tube
Tag: Silver oval tinsel or wire
Tail: Orange bucktail tied long with a few strands of pearl Krystal Flash
Butt: Red Glo-brite floss
Body: Black floss
Rib: Silver oval tinsel or wire
Wing: White fox underwing with black bear over
Hackle: Natural badger
Eyes: Natural jungle cock
Head: Red
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