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Current Tags for This Pattern
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ant /
Black /
Duck Quill /
floss /
Pheasant /
Red /
Schlappen /
Tinsel /
white /
Cantering Spirit
tied by letumgoFly Type: Streamers,
Target Species: Trout,
Recommended Region: Northeast US,
Material List:
Hook - Modified Mustad 94720 / Size 4 (rebent to a Limerick bend, heat treated and blackened)
Tag - UNI-French Tinsel (Size #12/Embossed Silver)
Tail - Duck Quill (Red)
Underbody - White Wooly Nylon (many layers to taper the body)
Rib - UNI-French Tinsel (Size #12/Embossed Silver)
Body - UNI-Floss (Bnt. Orange)
Wing - Four Cree Hackles (outer layer is 2/3rd length of inner hackles)
Cheeks - Hungarian Pheasant Rump Feathers
Throat - Red/Orange Schlappen
Head - Black UNI-Thread (6/0)
Head Cement - Pro Lak (Black/2 Layers)
The color scheme for this fly was inspired by Burt Quimby's "Galloping Ghost" streamer (thus the play on the name).
Tying Instructions: Tied in the order listed above.
