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Hot Orange Speal
A William Lovelace Fly

| Name |
Hot Orange Speal |
| Category |
Steelhead Spey |
| Hook |
Partridge CS 10/3 Blind Eye # 1/0 with Cortland 30# braided backing eye |
| Thread |
UTC 140 Fl Orange |
| Body |
Fluorescent Orange dubbing
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| Ribbing |
Flat silver tinsel with silver twist counter ribbed to protect the hackle
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| Hackle |
Hot Orange schlappen wound spey style |
| Wing |
Bronze Mallard
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Hot Orange Speal comes from the bench of Samonfly.Net Contributing Fly Tyer William Lovelace.
Bill's notes:
"The lack of a collar on this Spey fly distinguishes it as a Speal. In Autumns on the Spey, A. E. Knox listed the Gold and Silver Speals with black bodies."
Read more about William Lovelace and see more of his flies at The Flies of William Lovelace.
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