Lefty's Deceiver
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A Standard That Must Be In Every Saltwater Fly Box
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Lefty's Deceiver in white, blue, and chartreuse
Lefty's Deceiver in pink and yellow "Texas Chicken" pattern
Lefty's Deceiver is a fly pattern originated by the grand master of fly fishing himself, Lefty Kreh. Lefty's Deceiver is not a specific color pattern but rather a style of fly. Lefty's Deceiver is a style of fly featuring the tail tied in at the rear, almost at the bend of the hook, and a wing of bucktail extending back beyond the hook. Lefty's Deceiver's can be tied in a variety of sizes for many species of fish. Tied on large 1/0 or 2/0 hooks, they are a Southwest Louisiana favorite for large speckled trout, and for stripers on the East and West coast. Deceivers are deadly for many offshore species, tarpon, snook, and many freshwater species as well. No fly box is complete without a compliment of various sizes and colors of Lefty's Deceivers.
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Materials (white, blue, and chartreuse version)
Hook: Mustad 34007 or equivalent size 2 - 5/0
Thread- Chartreuse flat waxed nylon
Body: - lead wire wrapped around hook shank (optional depending on depth you want to reach)
Tail - 6 white saltwater saddle hackles, and 2 chartreuse grizzly hackles
Flash- Flashabou, or strips of prismatic mylar
Wing and Collar - White, chartreuse, and blue bucktail
Dorsal Line - Peacock herl
Head - 5 minute epoxy |
Tying Instructions
1. Sharpen hook
2. Wrap shank of hook with thread
3. If weight is desired, tie in lead wire 1/3 way back from hook eye and wrap around shank
4. Arrange hackle for tail, white and 1 chartreuse ginger per side, with chartreuse on the outside. Make sure feathers are arranged so that the 2 bunches will face each other and not splay outward.
5. Tie tail feathers on top of the hook shank, about 1/2 way back.
6. Either turn fly over in vice, or rotate rotary vice so that the bottom of the fly is facing up. Tie in the butt ends of a small bunch of white bucktail on the bottom of the fly, about 1/4 inch behind the hook eye.
7. Right the fly in the vice and tie a strip of prismatic mylar, or several strands of flashabou onto each side of the fly.
8. Tie the butt ends of a small bunch of white bucktail onto each side of the fly over flash. Make sure the tips of the bucktail extend beyond the hook to the rear.
9. Tie the butt ends of a very small bunch of chartreuse bucktail onto top of hook about 1/4 inch behind the hook eye.
10. Tie the butt ends of a slightly larger bunch of blue bucktail in on top of the chartreuse bucktail.
11. Tie 3 or 4 strands of peacock herl on top of the blue bucktail to form dorsal line.
12. Form head with thread and whip finish. Use a marker to color eyes or use self adhesive eyes.
13. Coat head with 5 minute epoxy and rotate to dry.
For Texas Chicken variation, use all yellow feathers, yellow bucktain on the belly section of fly, and pink bucktail for the side and top of wing. Finish with pink thread.
Tip
To prevent the long tail from fouling around the hook, once you have built up the body of the fly with lead wire or thread, you can tie in the end of a piece of mono near the rear of the hook shank, loop it around so it extends back beyond the hook, with the loop perpendicular to the hook, then secure the other end of the mono back onto the hook shank. Then when you tie in your tail, make sure it rest on top of this loop
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