Drop Bead Red Dart

Detailed instructions for tying a drop bead version of Lance Egan's Red Dart.
Recipe:
Hook: 2X-short black-nickel jig hook (here, a Fulling Mill 5125), size 18.
Bead: Gold tungsten drop bead, 1/8-inch.
Thread: Red, 6/0 or 70-denier.
Tail: Fluorescent pink Faux Bucktail, stacked.
Abdomen: Black Sparkle Braid, midge.
Thorax: Pink UV Ice Dub.
Collar: Brown CDC.
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[@patches152]

hey that's lance eagan('s fly) right there!

[@wayneandrews1278]

Great looking fly very cool

[@jacobmayle3390]

This is random but I like how you have the music in the video but it’s not overwhelming make watching more enjoyable than some others

[@jamesvatter5729]

Great little fly, Tim. Thanks for sharing.

[@jimholland1592]

Thanks Tim, you have been my main information for my journey. Thanks again and hope all is well 👍☕️☕️

[@wonton4469]

Love your flys an how u explain them!!

[@alfonsagelwei5280]

Great looking fly Tim. 👍👍👍

[@trout__fishing5104]

Nice fly!

[@brandonfobesoutdoors4108]

Amazing job Tim. I’ve been following you for the longest time and I can confidently say you make the best tying videos. It would be awesome to see you do more predator streamers like game changers or sex dungeons

[@vinnygallo2669]

Awesome tie

[@komando8365]

Sure looks nice on that hook!

[@tonysobina8390]

Great tye, Tim! Like the body material on this one! What are you adding to thin down your Salley Hansen's?

[@joutdoorsmen23]

Nice fly, can’t to tie and try it.

[@robgrubb420]

money

[@yoursweatersux]

Egan's Red Dart and variants like this are incredible flies. Pretty sure you could fish them anywhere in the world and it'll be a top 3 performing fly for you. I recently did a drift boat trip on the Delaware and fished one of these as my point fly (against the guide's wishes, who proclaimed that they only eat imitations of naturals) and it was my most successful fly of the day (and it was a very successful day). Sure, I can find situations where I'm nymphing and something else is better, like stonefly imitations in February, or those weird situations when the fish will only hit something on the swing, but 90% of the time this is the best bet. I really can't recommend this fly enough.