Materials List:
- Da-Rikkii #730 size 6-10 streamer hook
- ¼ gold cone head
- 3/0 or 6/0 black or brown Uni-Thread
- Brown & yellow marabou
- Rainy’s yellow rubber legs
- Brown medium chenille
- Medium copper wire
- Grizzly Schlappen hackle
- Optional: Rainbow or crystal flash between the marabou tail
Lots of big fish were just what Jackson tackle peddler Jim Jones wanted when he concocted his soon-to-be-a-legend fly. From Belt Creek to the mighty Mo’, spring thru winter, the J.J. is one of our favorite flies. We’ve theorized that the yellow/brown color copies abundant Rocky Mountain sucker minnow and brown trout fry colors. Other suggests that the fly resembles the crawfish present in several nearby river systems. Maybe that’s why it works great as a carp pattern too. What ever the case, when conditions are difficult, it’s time to tie on a J.J. and fool in a few big fish.
