Dawn Serie
By Ismo Saastamoinen
Photo by Tomas Yeh

Tying descriptions for:

IQ Black Dawn | IQ Blue Dawn | IQ Dawn |
IQ Green Dawn | IQ Red Dawn
IQ Thunder Dawn | IQ Yellow Dawn

These flies are tied by the originator Ismo Saastamoinen.

Tag: Oval gold tinsel lacquered
Tail: Fire orange hackle
Butt: Flour orange floss
Body: Rear half; flat gold tinsel, front half; black and gold crystal seal
Ribbing: Oval gold tinsel and flour orange floss
Hackle: Black hackle over front half only.
Throat: Black heron or soft cock hackle extending beyond hook bend.
Wing: 1 Fire orange hackle set back to back. 2. Two red flash set one on each side.
3 Golden brown fox or raccoon body hair.
Head: Black with a stripe of flour orange floss.

Tag: Oval silver and blue floss lacquered
Tail: Blue, red and blue hackle set on top of each other.
Butt: Flour red floss
Body: Rear half; Flat silver tinsel, front half; Light blue crystal seal
Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel and red floss.
Hackle: King fisher blue hackle over front half only.
Throat: king fisher blue extending to hook point.
Wing: 1. King fisher blue hackle set back to back. 2. Two pearl flash set one on each side. 3. 1/3 golden brown fox or raccoon body hair and 2/3 Brown fox
Head: Black with a stripe of flour orange floss.

Tag: Oval silver tinsel lacquered
Tail: Yellow hackle.
Butt: Flour orange floss.
Body: Rear half; flat silver tinsel, front half; black and gold crystal seal.
Ribbing: Oval silver and flour green floss.
Hackle: Black hackle over front half only.
Throat: Yellow hackle extending to hook point.
Wing: 1. Hot orange hackle set back to back 2. Two pearl flash set one on each side. 3. 1/3 green raccoon body, 2/3 brown fox and a small bunch of golden brown fox or raccoon body hair.
Head: Black with a stripe of flour orange floss

Tag: Flat gold tinsel lacquered.
Tail: Green, orange and green hackle set on top of each others.
Butt: Flour green floss.
Body: Rear half; Flat gold tinsel, front half; green highlander crystal seal.
Ribbing: Oval gold tinsel.
Hackle: Green hackle over front half only.
Throat: Green hackle extending to hook point.
Wing: 1. Yellow hackle set back to back. 2. Two pearl flash set one on each side. 3. ¼ white fox, ¼ golden brown fox or raccoon body hair and 2/4 brown fox.
Head: Black with a stripe of flour green floss.

Tag: Oval gold tinsel lacquered.
Tail: Red, fire orange and red hackle set on top of each other.
Butt: Flour orange floss.
Body: Rear half Flat gold tinsel, front half. Red crystal seal.
Ribbing: Oval gold and flour orange floss.
Hackle: Black hackle over front half only.
Throat: Red hackle extending to hook point.
Wing: 1. Fire orange hackle set back to back. 2. two pearl flash set one on each side. 3. 1/3 white fox, 1/3 golden brown fox or raccoon body hair and 1/3 black fox.
Head: Black with a stripe of flour orange floss.

IQ Thunder Dawn

Tag: Oval gold tinsel and flour orange floss lacquered.
Tail: Hot orange hackle.
Butt: Flour red floss.
Body: Rear half; black floss, front half black crystal seal.
Ribbing: Oval gold tinsel.
Hackle: Orange heron or soft long cock hackle over front half only.
Throat: Blue guinea fowl.
Wing: 1. deep blue hackle set back to back. 2. Two pearl flash set one on each side. 3. 1/3 golden brown fox or raccoon body hair, 2/3 brown fox
Head: Black with a stripe of flour orange floss

Tag: Oval silver tinsel
Tail: Yellow, green and yellow hackle set on top of each other.
Butt: Flour red floss
Body: Rear half, Flat silver tinsel, front half yellow crystal seal.
Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel.
Hackle: Yellow hackle over front half only.
Throat: Yellow hackle extending to hook point
Wing: 1. Yellow hackle set back to back 2. Two pearl flash set one on each side. 3. 1/3 golden brown fox or raccoon body hair and 2/3 brown fox.
Head: Red with a stripe of flour red floss.