Tying the Deep Blue Poison Tung Fishing Fly and a Variant

The Poison Tung, or the Deep Blue Poison Tung, is a great lead fly for wintertime fishing. Paired with a small midge pattern, this fly helps get your flies deep. Like most guide-inspired patterns, this fly is simple; only three materials. Prior to showing the traditional recipe, we show a variant that is durable and doesn’t require non-standard colors of wire. That said, colored wires are easy to come by these days even if they were more difficult to find during the global pandemic. This variant uses fluoro thread as a rib and UV resin, a technique that can be used beyond just this fly.

• Hook: Firehole 520, sizes 16-18, for a jig version (https://www.discountflies.com/...). Or, a Firehole 315, sizes 16-20 (https://www.discountflies.com/...)
• Bead: 2-3mm Firehole Tungsten Slotted Bead, Silver (https://www.discountflies.com/...). Or a Firehole Round Tungsten 2-3mm, Silver (https://www.discountflies.com/...).
• Thread: SemperFli 18/0, Gray. https://www.discountflies.com/...
• Tail: none
• Body: Thread
• Wing: none
• Thorax: Ice Dubbing. Lavender or Grey.