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Badger /
Black /
Bucktail /
peacock herl /
Pheasant /
Red /
silver /
Tinsel /
white /
Silver Leon
tied by Joe HardTarget Species: Trout,
Recommended Region: Eastern Canada,
Imitation: General Baitfish,
Material List:
Hook; Tmc 300 size 2
Thread Danville's Flymaster non wax 6/0
Tag; Reg. #16 silver uni-mylar
Tail; Barred wood duck
Butt; Minni herl
Rib; X.S. silver oval tinsel
Body; Med. embossed metallic tinsel
Under Body; White unistretch in a bobbin
Under wing; 4 strands of natural peacock herl
Lower wing; white bucktail
Throat; Half bronze rooster coque, and a black crest
Wing; 2 #1 Metz silver badger neck hackles back to back, and two coq de leon dark speckled hackles back to back. tied on top of the shank
Cheeks; Silver pheasant and J.C.
Head; Black gloss head cement
Tying Instructions: As listed, like a C.S streamer
The tag, the tail, the butt. The rib and body are then tied in place as close as possible, in front of the butt, and on the far side of the shank. An underbody is then made with white unistretch in a bobbin. The body wrapped in tight close turns, rib spiral wrapped forward over. The under wing of herl, then lower wing of bucktail. Then throat is wrapped as a collar then tied down, and black crest added. The wing is formed and then tied on, all at once. Then the cheeks, head is formed with thread then head cement added.
Presentation Tips: as a streamer
