#31 - Mosquito Ghost

Tied by: Selene Dumaine
Originated by: Selene Dumaine

Hook: 8xl #4 or #6
Thread: White
Tag: Silver tinsel
Body: Yellow floss
Rib: Silver tinsel
Belly: White kid goat hair
Throat: Black hackle fibers
Underwing: Peacock herl
Wing: 4 grizzly dyed light ginger hackles
Shoulder: Silver pheasant
Eyes: Jungle cock
Head: Black

Notes: This streamer fly was created in June of 2009 when Selene was leading a Women's Fly Fishing School at Weatherby's in Grand Lake Stream, Maine. Prompted by lodge guide Jared Koengs, and in a creative state of mind, Selene put thought to hook and feather resulting in a traditional styled and quite Ghostly streamer. "There were a bizzillion mosquitos that weekend at Forth Lake where we were fishing, hence the name. The weekend was a memory maker for sure and this fly helps to remind me of it."