willow
Pattern Name: Masahito Sato’s Willow
Pattern Tied By: Dick Pearce

Recipe for Willow
Hook: 340011 with forward part bent down
Thread: Fine Mono
Rattle: Appropriate size (tied over rear part of hook, leaving room for hackle)
Weight: 1/2” piece of solder or 1/2” bundle of weight (tied under weight)
Tail: Flashabou (several strands), hackle with fluff, raccoon zonker
strip—white or black. White is first choice.
Body: E-Z Body, clear or colored
Eyes: Stick-on
Superglue, Stickie pad. Put a few drops of superglue on stickie. Dip
bodkin in superglue and apply to mono before all winding.