Here is the fly pattern sheet for Art Lingren’s Green-Butt Black.

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Materials

Hook:

Steelhead iron

Thread:

Black

Tip:

Silver oval tinsel, fine

Tag:

Fluorescent green floss

Tail:

Guinea fowl

Butt:

Ostrich herl, black

Body:

Black silk floss (rear 1/3) and black seal dubbing or substitute (front 2/3)

Rib:

Silver oval tinsel

Hackle:

Black rooster neck hackle, one side stripped from second turn of tinsel

Collar:

Guinea fowl

Wing:

Black squirrel

Personal tying notes:

  • Dai Riki 2929, #2 hook
  • Substituted J Fair Seal Sub for seal dubbing
  • Substituted black skunk for black squirrel