This shad fly is part of The Pfeiffer Collection.
This is the sixth of eleven California shad flies in the collection originally found in the booklet How to Catch, Bone and Cook a Shad produced by the California Department of Fish and Game.
California Shad Fly #6 Pattern:
Hook: Size 4
Thread: Red Danville’s Flat Waxed Nylon
Tail: White Kip Tail
Body: Silver Oval Tinsel
Throat: White Saddle Hackle Barbs
Wing: White Kip Tail
Collar: Red Chenille
Thread: Red Danville’s Flat Waxed Nylon
Tail: White Kip Tail
Body: Silver Oval Tinsel
Throat: White Saddle Hackle Barbs
Wing: White Kip Tail
Collar: Red Chenille