About the Kingfisher Butcher Trout Fly
This Kingfisher Butcher variant, also know to some as the Levan Variant, is a relative of the Bloody Butcher pattern created in the 1830s by Moon & Dewhurst.
It has proved to be successful on still waters for many years.
Fishing Tips:
Angling's problems are never solved. They rise anew with each new pool and each new day.
Lee Wulff. 'The Handbook of Freshwater Fishing'. 1939.
Great fished on Loch Earn where Brown and Rainbow Trout are plenty.
Creator of this trout fly: Moon & Jewhurst
Tier of this trout fly: Mandy Shelvey
Country of origin for this trout fly: England
This trout fly is designed to be fished on Dams & Reservoirs, Rivers & Streams, Still Water
Pattern Dressings
- Hook : 8-14.
- Thread : Black.
- Tail : Blue cock.
- Body : Flat silver tinsel.
- Rib : Oval silver tinsel.
- Wing : Blue mallard, crow wing or magpie tail feather.
- Hackle : Blood red cock.
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