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Soldier Palmer
The Soldier Palmer is a very old wet fly, mentioned as far back as Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler. It is a simple palmered pattern: a short tail of fluorescent red floss, a red seal's fur body ribbed with gold oval tinsel, and a brown rooster hackle wound along the full length of the body. A seal's fur substitute works for the body. Tie it on wet fly hooks in sizes 8 to 14.
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Materials
Wet fly hook, sizes 8-14
8-14
Red thread
Red
Fluorescent red floss
Red
Gold oval tinsel
Gold
Brown rooster hackle, one palmered along the body and one wound at the head
Brown
Seal's fur or seal's fur substitute, red
Red
How to Tie the Soldier Palmer
- 1
Step 1
Start the red thread behind the eye and wrap a base back to the bend.
- 2
Step 2
Tie in a few strands of fluorescent red floss at the bend and trim them short for the tail.
- 3
Step 3
Tie in the gold oval tinsel at the bend.
- 4
Step 4
Prepare a brown rooster hackle and tie it in by the stem at the bend.
- 5
Step 5
Form a dubbing loop at the bend, load it with red seal's fur and twist it into a rope.
- 6
Step 6
Wrap the dubbing rope forward to form the body, stopping short of the eye. Tie it off and trim.
- 7
Step 7
Palmer the hackle forward over the body in open, even turns. Tie it off at the front and trim the tip.
- 8
Step 8
Wind the tinsel forward through the hackle in open turns, working it between the fibers. Tie off and trim.
- 9
Step 9
Tie in a second brown rooster hackle at the front of the body and wind two or three turns as a head hackle. Tie it off and trim the tip.
- 10
Step 10
Form a small head and whip finish.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kzTIQgF1RQ
Credit: Savage Flies