Hitch Green Butt

An all time classic and one of the best flies for Icelandicc salmon rivers here in a hitch form. A great choice for low water in the summer and when using the deadly riffled hitch. This lightly dressed, highly popular pattern available in this hitch format will be sure to curry interest.

The key to hitching is to start with a fly actually ‘hitches’ by which we mean, one that stays on the surface to give the illusion of skating quarry. All to often the fly will become wet and submerge. Not so with the hitches we offer which have been tweaked on several occasions to ensure that the body remains light and the hitch holes remains proportionately far up the body to keep the fly up.

Fishing the hitch is one of the most engaging forms of fishing, you get to watch the fly work it’s way across the water and often, if there, you can use this method to identify a taking salmon. However when they are in an aggressive mood, they will strike hard at the hitch and your away.

Here Ívar ties the classic style Green Butt on a salmon double:

Author: Don Leyden.
Hook: Ahrex HR428 #6
Thread: 8/0 UNI black.
Butt: ½ oval gold tinsel ½ green globrite.
Tail: Black squirrel.
Rib: Oval gold.
Body: Black floss.
Beard: Black rooster.
Wing: Same as tail.
Head: Black.