The Pinky Perdigon was the brainchild of my Fly Fishing Team USA mate Jack Arnot at the 2023 World Fly Fishing Championship in Slovakia. It worked very well for the grayling and trout in Slovakia and has been surprisingly good at home in the USA since. It has been an important pattern in the rotation in each of the interregional tournaments and the national championships that I have fished in 2023-2024 and is now a regular fly in my confidence pattern rotation. In this tutorial, I teach you how to tie the Pinky Perdigon. I hope you find it becomes a successful pattern in your own confidence fly selection.
Fly Recipe:
- Hook: Fulling Mill 5125 sizes 20-14, Dohiku 303 sizes 14-18, or your favorite nymph/jig hook.
- Bead: Silver Tactical Fly Fisher Slotted Tungsten Bead or Inverting Tungsten Bead. Choose the bead size based on your desired weight.
- Tail: Coq De Leon in corzuno, aconchado, or indio. Here are some options we have on the site, Tactical Fly Fisher, Hareline, Fasna
- Thread: black Veevus 16-0 Thread
- Body: Fl Salmon Sybai UVR Thread or fl pink 35 Textreme Floss
- Rib: Semperfli Perdigon Body iridescent purple
- Wingcase: black UVCraft UV Fly Tying resin in the brush bottle or squeeze bottle
- Resin: clear UVCraft UV Fly Tying resin
Tools used:
- Vise: Stonfo Elite Vise
- Light: UVCraft Rechargeable Cure Light
- Bobbin: Here is a link to our bobbins. I used the Tiemco ceramic standard.
- Scissors: Here is a link to our scissors. I used the Tiemco Razor Scissors
- Whip Finisher: Here is a link to our whip finishers. I used the Dr. Slick version.