Yellow Sally - Golden Stone

The materials are as follows:

Hook – size 16 – 12 any brand 4-6x long with as light of wire as possible (Yellow Sally)

            size 8 – 14 (Golden Stone)

Thread - yellow and metallic orange

Body – 1/8 inch natural latex tubing

Wing – clear web wing material with black netting (see how to make at                                  https://unsinkableflies.blogspot.com/2012/02/making-fly-wing-material-fly-tying.html)

Antenna & Tail – brown monofilament

Legs - brown rubber

Collar - grizzly saddle

 

Directions:

1. Wrap the hook shank with yellow thread.
2. Form the tails and antenna by tying in one section of 15# brown monofilament to one side of hook shank
3. Repeat step two on the other side of the hook shank leaving the thread at the rear of the shank
4. Slide the 1/8 inch latex over the mono antenna and hook shank
5. Tie in the latex at the rear of the hook shank with the thread
6. Work the thread approximately 1/3 up the shank and tie in the rear legs
7. To the front of the rear legs use the orange metallic thread to form the egg sack (Optional Golden Stone)
8. Tie in front legs to one side of the hook shank
9. Tie in the other legs to the opposite side of the hook shank
10. Tie in the wing just behind the hook eye
11. Tie in the saddle feather
12. Wrap the saddle feather 3 to 5 times and tie off
13. Side view finished fly – Note you may need to trim the legs, antenna, and tails
14. Top view finished fly