Roxey’s Red Squirrel Tail - RiverKeeper Flies

Here is the fly pattern sheet for Roxey’s Red Squirrel Tail.

Hook:

TMC 9395 or Daiichi 2340, #2 – 8

Thread:

Danville 6/0, white underbody then switch to black

Tail:

A very small bunch of fibers from a mandarin duck breast feather or wood duck

Ribbing:

Narrow flat silver tinsel

Body:

Red silk or floss

Throat:

Brown hackle – tied on as a collar and then gathered downward. The hackle is as long as the shoulder and rather sparsely dressed

Wing:

A small bunch of fox squirrel tail hair

Shoulders:

White duck breast feather, about one-third as long as the wing

Here is a link to some history about Roxey Roach

I found the following link about streamer hook comparisons while researching this fly.