The Orange Beadhead Red Tag is a fly Paul has had great success in the past. It works great for trout in a lake setting when fished up against a bank or near weed beds. Paul has had great success with the Pheasant Tail Nymph with centipede legs at Dunmore, using the BH Red tag as the point fly with the PTN as the dropper.

Materials

• Hook:  Size 14 Nymph.
• Bead:  Orange 3/32 copper bead.
• Thread:  Black 14/0.
• Tail:  Red Glo Bugs Micro Yarn.
• Body:  Three strands of peacock herl.
• Ribbing:  Small silver wire.
• Hackle:  Brown black grizzly.

Tying Instructions

1. Crush the barb and put the orange bead on hook.
2. Cover the hook with thread.
3. From just behind the bead tie in the red micro yarn back to make the tag.
4. Return the thread and tie in the silver wire back to the tag.
5. Tie in the hackle in front of the tag and return thread to bead.
6. Tie in three strands of peacock herl behind the bead.
7. Wrap back to the tag and then back to the bead.
8. Tie it off and half hitch.
9. Holding the hackle and silver wire together, with the wire behind the hackle wrap the hackle and wire up to the bead and tie it off.
10. Use your finger to keep the thread away from the scissors (in the video).
11. Whip finish and then trim the hackle to make little stubs on the body.

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