Wings: Yellow Bucktail , Red Bucktail, Yellow Bucktail top as wide as previous two bucktail layers.
Head: Black.
The Mickey Finn Bucktail originated around the 1930's. Originally called simply Red and Yellow Bucktail. The fly became known as the "Assassin" due to its effective killing power on Brook Trout. Later it was renamed "Mickey Finn" due to the popular story of silent film star Rudolph Valentino being poisoned to death by a suspicious drink. The Mickey Finn gained it's popularity upon the publication of John Alden Knight's Canadian Steelhead fishing trip magazine article in 1936.
