Fly Tying the Pazooka (British Columbia Trout Pattern)

This largely forgotten fly was created for the interior trout of British Columbia by Len Phillips, most likely in the 1920s. Originally used on Knouff lake but popular through all of the Kamloops area.

Hook: #6-8 wet fly
Thread: Black
Tail: Golden Pheasant Tippets
Rib: Red or orange floss
Body: Green wool yarn
Wing: Golden Pheasant Tippets
Hackle: Ringneck Pheasant Rump feather

This pattern can be found in Arthur James Lingren’s “Fly Patterns of British Columbia: The Roderick Haig-Brown Centenary Edition,” published in 2008 and available here: amzn.to/3k8AUhd

*** Some of the popular books used on this channel: ***
Dave Hughes, “Essential Trout Flies,” 2017, amzn.to/3lbCZYX
Dave Hughes, “Wet Flies,” 2015, amzn.to/33ac3lQ
David Klausmeyer’s “Favorite Flies,” 2020, amzn.to/3oeSNMa
Morgan Lyle’s “Simple Flies,” 2015, amzn.to/3qB1zW1
Fly Pattern Encyclopedia: amzn.to/34U0rUe
Mike Valla’s “Tying the Founding Flies,” 2015, amzn.to/354oSir
Mike Valla’s “Classic Streamer Fly Box,” 2020, amzn.to/3n3Vakf
Randle Scott Stetzer’s “Flies, the Best One Thousand,” 1992, amzn.to/34Q15mp
Terry Hellekson’s “Popular Fly Patterns,” 1976, amzn.to/2L4IyvS
Dick Stewart’s, “Flies for Bass and Panfish,” 1992, amzn.to/3aGpFs1
Fly Pattern Encyclopedia: amzn.to/34U0rUe

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