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How To Tie Night Patterns For Taneycomo, White River
Night Hawk - B-52
Recipe: Hook: TMC 5263 Thread: Uni-thread 6/0, Black Tail: Rabbit Body: Cascade. Hackle Flash Wing : Rabbit Collar: Schallpen, Black
This pattern was something I designed back when this material first came out. It’s one of my top go to patterns for searching fish at night. If this pattern doesn’t get them I can tell you the bite will not be prime. This fly will never let you down and will catch a lot of fish when the bite is on fire at night. The best time to use this pattern is when it’s real foggy and you can’t see nothing.
Step 1.
Wrap some lead wire in the center of the hook shank. I usually wrap 12-18 wraps of lead wire. Make sure you leave room in the back and front of the hook shank. So we will not be wrapping lead the entire length of the hook shank.
Step 2.
Tie in a rabbit strip. This will be the tail and wing for the fly. You’ll need to split the hair to tie in-between it. Measure the tail to be one hook shank in length. Make sure you have enough to fold over and tie down at the front.
Step 3.
Tie in the hackle flash in the back. This will be used for the entire body.
Step 4.
Cut the excess hackle flash and get ready to tie down the rabbit hide.
Step 5.
Fold it right on top and tie it down with five wraps before cutting the excess.
Step 6
Now we are going to wrap one hackle (schlappen) for the collar. Tie it down when you think you have a full enough collar. I like my collar to be long so it blends in with the entire pattern. Trim the excess.
