My first saltwater fly!

[brian barnes]

I’m gearing up for a redfish trip off the NC coast and tied my first saltwater fly (I’m just learning to tye) using directions from my guide (Seth Vernon with http://www.doublehaulguideservice.com/) He calls this pattern the Vernon’s Killer Kwan.

I used tan craft fur rather than rust, didn’t have a Schlappen feather so I used a zonker rabbit strip, and added just a bit of krystal flash – at the request of my daughters… 🙂 How does it look? Any suggestions for improvement?

[Chad Simcox]

Looks good to me! Is this a shrimp pattern?

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[aras naujokas]

Looks good for your first redfish fly

[brian barnes]

My understanding of the kwan patterns are that they look like a lot of things… crab, shrimp, bait fish, etc… I just finished making up my own crab pattern. Here it is:

[keith b]

Man that first fly is mean looking.

[lawrence underwood]

Looks like it would work well here.

[brian barnes]

No… you’ll have to excuse my ignorance (I’m new to this) what weight would I be looking for? I’m assuming this has something to do with either the ability to cast it or it’s sink rate?

[Grant Wright]

The kwan is my go-to fly….I love it.

[lawrence underwood]

No… you’ll have to excuse my ignorance (I’m new to this) what weight would I be looking for? I’m assuming this has something to do with either the ability to cast it or it’s sink rate?

Weight kills the casting.

[craig phillips]

I always recommend the 3-second rule for fly weight.

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