Half & half Ray fly

[edge]

I started tying these about two years ago, I don't get out in the salt water much but when I do these Half and half Ray's flies do pretty well from me. It a cross between the Clouser, Deceiver and Ray's fly.
http://www.flyaddict.com/gallery/data/519/medium/halfandhalfRAY.JPG (http://www.flyaddict.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2494&title=halfandhalfray&cat=519)
Tail: white bucktail, 2-4 white saddle hackle, pearl flashabou.
Body: Body braid
Wing: White, yellow, olive bucktail with pearl flashabou between the colors. Topped with 4 peacock herls.

[Kierran]

NICE! I've used this pattern in chartreuse & gold for sand eels on the Cape flats. I gotta get going with my saltwater tying game.

[Andrew]

It a cross between the Clouser, Deceiver and Ray's fly.



Then maybe it should be called a "Third-n-third-n-third" !

[trouter203]

Then maybe it should be called a "Third-n-third-n-third" !
lol....too funny

[Andrew]

It is a good fly. I think a few long thin hackles, to make a clouser into a half-n-half, make a much, much more lively looking fly in the water. I fish them a lot more than I do a "plain" clouser minnow.