#57 - Brookie Fin

Tied by: Dave Lomasney

Originated by: Helen Shaw

Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek 8xl #2

Thread: Black 6/0

Body: Silver flat tinsel

Throat: White schlappen

Wing: 4 orange hackles

Shoulder: Equal slips of white and black goose shoulder married

Eye: Jungle cock (optional)

Head: Black

Notes: Dave's Brookie Fin is a conversion of a Helen Shaw pattern of the same name. With the bright orange hackle and silver body, this is an excellent streamer to cast to aggressive lake run brook trout and land locked salmon in the fall months. There are several similar patterns to the Brookie Fin (wet) which all feature married wings of the prevalent colors in the brook trout's fin. Bergman Fontinalis, Fontinails Fin, Armstrong Fontinalis, Brook Fin, Trout Fin, and Olive Trout Fin all also share the distinctive married white black and orange wing but each is distinct.

For more info on the wet Brookie fin and its kin:
https://donbastianwetflies.wordpress.com/2011/03/