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/ biot / Brown / Grizzly / peacock herl / Saddle / Tinsel / white /

Salmonfly Ghost

 
tied by Joe Hard
Fly Type: Streamers,
Target Species: Sea Trout,
Recommended Region: Eastern Canada,
Imitation: Stone Flies,
Material List:
tmc 300 size 2
Thread; rust brown 8/0 uni
Tail; splayed and divided brown goose biots
Rib; small metallic embossed copper tinsel
Body; wine uni yarn
Throat; brown dyed mallard, just shy of hook point
underwing; 6 strands of bronze peacock herl
wing 2 white and two grizzly saddle hackles slightly longer then the tail on top of shank
sides; orange hen hackles, 1/3 shank length
cheeks; j.c. slightly upward



Tying Instructions: as a ghost streamer, there is a bump of thread at tail, to held divide and splay biots. The hackle wing is tied then orange hen saddle hackle tips are layed along the sided, j.c. eyes are added
Presentation Tips: I tied this fly as a streamer for sea trout at night, but could also be used as a drowned salmon fly or streamer for trout