Key points
- Aesthetic: A modern high-attractor pattern combining dark iridescent peacock tones with contrasting hot red and pink points.
- Sinking power: Typically tied with a heavy tungsten bead on a jig hook to get down deep and ride hook-up.
- Efficiency: Used as a search pattern on fast freestone rivers when fish are active but not matching a specific hatch.
Tying videos
- Tying Lance Egan's Red Dart — detailed tutorial by Fly Fish Food.
Imitates
- Attractor / Searching — triggers curiosity and aggression in trout.
Related
- Prince Nymph — shares peacock herl color highlights.
- Blowtorch — another high-trigger competitive nymph pattern.
Sources
- Fly Fish Food Red Dart Video — video tying tutorial.
