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Ray's Fly

How do you tie a Ray's Fly?

Ray's Fly is a streamer fly pattern for saltwater, striped bass, albies, smallmouth bass. Find its 7 materials and 20 tying steps below.

Added to catalog March 8, 2026 · Updated March 26, 2026

At the vise

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Secure the hook in the vise and start the thread behind the eye.
Lay a good thread base.
Double over a few strands of pearl flashabou.
Tie in the flashabou at the eye and wrap back to the bend to create the body.
Trim the excess flashabou.
Rib the body with the mono thread to create a more durable body.
Grab a sparse amount of white bucktail.
Remove the short fibers and stack the tips slightly.
Measure the bucktail to about 1.5 hook lengths.
Trim the butts and tie in on top of the hook shank.
Add one or two strands of pearl flashabou to the wing.
Grab a small amount of yellow bucktail, slightly less than the white.
Tie in the yellow bucktail on top of the hook shank.
Grab a small amount of olive bucktail.
Tie in the olive bucktail on top of the hook shank.
Grab 5-6 strands of peacock herl.
Tie in the peacock herl on top of the hook shank, extending slightly past the olive bucktail.
Break off the excess peacock herl.
Whip finish.
Add a small amount of super glue to the head.