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Picket Pin
Tied by Ray Gattus
  • Thread: Black
  • Tail: Brown hackle barbs
  • Hackle: Brown, palmered over body
  • Wing: Grey squirrel tail
  • Hook: Nymph, 2-3x long, size 8-14
  • Head: Peacock herl
  • Body: Peacock herl (use 3)
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    Tying Instructions
    The Picket Pin isn't your average wet fly. It can be retrieved like a streamer to imitate a baitfish, weighted with lead and fished like a nymph, or tied with an elk or deer hair wing and fished dry!!!
    Ray Gattus
    Massapequa, NY United States

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