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Hollow Deceiver
Hollow Deceiver When it comes to pike flies I have to admit I like synthetic flies more than naturals. But that’s mainly because the synthetics simply last longer. There’s no denying that natural flies have much better movement in the water and flies like this Hollow Deceiver can be made as light to cast as…
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Lord Iris
Step by step Lord Iris Preston Jennings is one of the most underrated fly designers in streamer world. His Iris series is very interesting in its use of colour and approach to designing flies. Jennings looked minnows in varying light conditions through a prism and was convinced flies should be made to imitate these findings.…
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Pink Beauty
Pink Beauty from Carrie Stevens Next up on our streamer authorities is Carrie G. Stevens from Maine whose streamers are one of the best recognised today. Carrie begun tying flies 1924 and became well known next year when she came second in the Field & Stream magazines annual contest after catching a record trout with…
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Black Ghost
Black Ghost If I had to list five most well known streamers of all time Black Ghost would no doubt be on that list. Developed by Herbert “Herb” Welch in 1927 it became quickly the go to pattern widely in the US. Herb has today been a bit overshadowed by Carrie Stevens from the same…
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Grizzly Streamer
Grizzly Streamer One of my own patterns but it’s so simple that I’m sure there has been exactly the same kind of patterns around. If you know a name and a bit of history for it let me know. It’s tied in the spirit of Carrie Stevens but the proportions are a bit closer to…
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Golden Witch
Golden Witch Golden Witch is a streamer by the legendary Carrie Stevens from Maine. I have some old Mustad hooks that look pretty nice on these CS flies and I’m hoping to tie more of them in the near future. I didn’t “glue” the wing feathers to sets as Carrie did because I like to…