#349 - Walt's Demon

Tied by: Ted Patlen
Originated by: Walt Dette
Source: Trout, Bergman Plate 10


Hook: Mustad 9575
Thread: Black 8/0
Tail: Red hackle fibers
Body: Silver flat tinsel
Rib: Silver oval tinsel
Throat: Silver badger hackle
Wing: Married sections of brown, black and white goose or swan
Eye: Jungle cock nail
Head: Black

Notes: The pattern originates from the Jess Wood (also Jesse Wood) streamer dressed by Ray Bergman and showcased on plate #10 of 'Trout'. The patterns are essentially the same with the Jess Wood having a furnace hackle and a wing made from baikel teal, while the Walt's Demon uses a badger hackle and a married wing of goose which closely resembles the look of the baikel teal or yanosh. The teal feather is banded with tan on one edge, a strong black centre strip and a white outer edge. Mr. Dette tied the fly to sell in his fly shop "W.C. Dette, Dry Flies" located in Roscoe, New York. It is said that the pattern received the Demon moniker by a relative of Mr. Dette's, but in 'Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing' by Joseph Bates, he states the pattern is known as the Demon in Canada. It is an excellent imitation for the black nosed dace and has taken many sizable fish from the Catskills waters.