Waldo Kebari

 

I've used this fly to catch some surprisingly large trout while fishing surprisingly (and often frustratingly) small streams. Trying to find where those trout were holed up was like hunting through a Where's Waldo? (or Where's Wally? for my British comrades) page looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack. The colors were obviously inspired by Waldo, too.

This fly uses the two-color yarn method as described here.

Waldo Kebari

• Hook: Size 12. I usually use dry fly hooks for the very small and shallow streams this fly was designed for.
• Body: Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift Scarlet and Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift White
• Hackle: Size 12 grizzly dry fly hackle (rooster tail feather)
• Weight: None
• Thread: Red. I like 70-denier UTC Ultra Thread.