#95 - Ginger Snap (Var)

Tied by: Darren MacEachern
Originated by: Ken Thayer
Source: Long Streamers Long Flies: Ken Thayer 1997 Pg. 8

Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer Hook 6xl #1
Thread: Black fwn
Tag: Gold oval tinsel
Tail: Golden pheasant tippet
Butt: Burnt orange floss
Body: copper tinsel (flatbraid / Axxel Flash)
Belly: Light yellow bucktail
Throat: Golden pheasant tippet
Wing: Natural ginger saddle
Shoulder: Golden pheasant tippet
Eye: Jungle cock
Head: Black

Notes: The pattern was found in the hard to find booklet called "Long Feathers, Long Flies" put together by fly tyer Ken Thayer in 1997. It's really a shame that there were only 200 copies of the booklet printed as it features a nice tome of Ken's streamers, some 70+ patterns are published in the book. The Ginger snap was one that caught my eye, and I wanted to share this rarity. I opted to use a nice natural ginger saddle hackle, straying from the original wing of yellow hackle flanked by burnt orange hackle, and an undering of yellow bucktail over orange bucktail.