Tony's Stillborn

I started tying this fly nine years ago, I use to call this fly Stillborn. In a recent article I noticed there is another fly called Stillborn so I added Tony's to the Stillborn name, thus Tony's Stillborn.

The Stillborn represents an emerger that has drowned in the film surface. The fibers at the tail represent the trailing shuck, silver wire in the body gives it some flash. The short wings are the wings coming out of the thorax that are not fully developed. I used peacock herl for the thorax because I like it and it represents a fuzzy thorax.


This fly has caught a lot of trout and warm water fish. I caught one of my biggest Rainbows on it.


They can be tied in Brown, Yellow or Chartreuse. I prefer Light Olive like this one is tied.
 
~ Tony Spezio

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