Hoh Bo Spey
Hoh Bo Spey
This pattern, which takes its name from two Pacific Northwest steelhead rivers, was created by Charles St. Pierre. The Hoh Bo Spey was designed around movement as it undulates and pulses in the current without loosing bulk and profile.  It can be tied in numerous colors such as Black, Chartreuse, Orange, Red and Purple. The simplistic design and many possible colour combinations should enable you to quickly fill up a fly box. This is a great fly as it is easy to tie, easy to cast, and will catch steelhead, salmon, trout and char.

Materials
Shank: Partridge Waddington Shank 35mm
Hook: Owner SSW, Size 2
Stinger Loop: Senyo’s Intruder Wire; black
Thread: Ultra 140 black; Ultra 140 burnt orange
Butt: Ice Dub UV hot orange
Rib: Ultra Wire large silver
Hackle: Guinea fowl feather; black and white
Body: Ice Dub UV black
Collar: Marabou feather; black
Flash: Holographic Flashabou; gold
Horns: Amherst pheasant; black and white

Tying Instructions
Step 1. Insert the shank in the vise, attach the thread and proceed to wrap a thread base onto the rear portion. End with the thread at the rear of the shank.
Step 2a. Tie in a loop of wire, to attach the hook, extending from the rear of the shank approximately 1-inch. Test measure the loop by fixing the hook onto the wire (where it has kinked) and then removing it. Do this to make sure that you do not leave the stinger loop too long as this can result in deeply hooked fish.
Step 2b. Place your wire loop with each “arm” of your loop positioned along a side of the shank. Wrap your thread up the shank, securing the wire loop and finishing with your thread along the back. Double your wire back and over wrap back down to the rear of the shank. Apply a thin layer of Zap-A-Gap to the thread wraps.
Step 3. Wrap a large ball of Ice Dub onto the rear 1/8” to 1/4” of the shank.
Step 4.Tie in a length of Ultra Wire for a rib.
Step 5. Tie in a well marked guinea fowl feather by the tip.
Step 6. Create a dubbing loop and proceed to wrap forward a body of Ice Dub. Give the dubbed body a good scrub with a Velcro brush to pull out any trapped fibers and give it the illusion of bulk.
Step 7. Palmer wrap the guinea fowl feather forward along the body and tie off at the head.
Step 8. Counter wrap the body with the Ultra Wire making sure not to trap the hackle fibers. Tie off.
Step 9. Tie in a single long wispy marabou feather by the tip.
Step 10. Wrap the marabou a maximum of two times around the shank making sure no fibers become trapped. You can lightly moisten the feather fibers to stop them from blowing around and make them easier to work with.
Step 11. Tie in an overwing consisting of four pieces of holographic flashabou extending approximately 1/4” past the hook. If you wish to create a flashier profile, you can tie in additional pieces of holographic flashabou and spread them around the shank.
Step 12. Remove approximately eight amherst pheasant fibers from the feather and tie in around the shank. You can do this individually or four on the top and four on the bottom in two attempts.
Step 13. Tie off the black thread and attach the orange thread. Proceed to build up a neat head, whip finish and coat with head cement.

Your Hoh Bo Spey is now complete and you are ready to head out On The Water!

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