#362 - Ace of Spades

#362 Ace of Spades - Don Bastian

Tied by: Don Bastian
Originated by: Don Bastian

Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley streamer hook 8xl #1
Thread: Black 8/0
Tail: Black duck or goose quill sections, paired
Body: Silver flat tinsel
Rib: Silver oval tinsel
Belly: Black bucktail
Throat: Claret hackle fibers
Wing: 4 claret hackles flanked by black hackle
Topping: 4-6 peacock herls
Head: Black

Notes: Don created the Ace of Spades streamer around 1998. It was originally published in the collection of streamers found in 'Forgotten Flies'. The pattern was created with the hopes of producing a dark casting streamer to fish in the Moosehead Lake region of Maine.