#162 - Barnes Special

#162 Barnes Special - Don Bastian

Tied by: Don Bastian
Originated by: Cecil Lowell Barnes
Source: Tandem Streamers: the Essential Guide - Donald A. Wilson pg. 80,96

Hook: #2 Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley streamer hook
Thread: Red
Tail: 2 short jungle cock body feathers
Body: Flat silver tinsel
Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel
Underwing: A small bunch of red bucktail over which is a very small bunch of white bucktail
Wing: 2 yellow hackles flanked by grizzly hackle
Collar: Several turns of white hackle (tied on after wing)
Head: Red

Notes: The Barnes Special is an adaptation from a streamer called the Hurricane (aka the Wonder) created by Fred Fowler. The Barnes includes a yellow hackle, a change from a peacock sword throat to a wrapped white hackle and a change of head color from the Hurricane, from black to red. Barnes was from Long Beach East Sebago, Maine  and was a guide in the Sebago Lake area. He was known to examine the stomach contents of his catches and no doubt used this insight to create the Barnes Special. The Barnes Special is one of the most popular eastern streamers and is credited with the capture of thousands of salmon. It is said to be particularly effective when trolled in the spring. The Hurricane will be featured in the project later in the year.