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Clouser Deep Minnow

Bucktail: Only a few patterns are as generally useful and widespread as the Clouser Deep Minnow. Only a few patterns have their own entry in Wikipedia, but the Clouser Deep Minnow is up there with the Woolly Bugger, the Muddler Minnow, Grey Ghost, Royal Coachman, Diawl Bach and a few others.
Read about this simple but ingenious flly

Read more on "Mickey Finn"

Mickey Finn

Bucktail: The Mickey Finn is one of the all time classic streamers. Simple, beautiful and fairly easy to tie - and a catcher.
Here's its history, the original tying recipe and a bunch of variations

Read more on "Angel Body"

Angel Body

Fat and shining: Shiny tubing materials are widely used as body material on streamers. So is ordinary tinsel. Here is a new way of making glittering, but more volumnious, pulsating and living bodies for your streamers using Angel Hair or a similar material.
Get the short step-by-step here

Proceed to "Chinos!" here

Chinos!

Prey: Colombian Carlos Heinsohn ties a neat baitfish pattern made of synthetic fibers. It's a tough fly with nice movement designed for any predator which feeds on smaller fish. The pattern is more a tying principle than a specific pattern.
See lots of examples here.

More on tying with hen hackles

Black Ghost

Type Streamer

Originator
Herb Welch

Tied by
Bob Petti

Difficulty
A little difficult

Target species
Brook trout
Brown trout

Materials

Hook Streamer hook (Mustad 3665A is a good choice)
Thread Black
Tail Yellow Hen Hackle Barbs
Ribbing Flat Silver Tinsel
Body Black Floss
Throat Yellow Hen Hackle Barbs
Wing White Saddle Hackles
Cheeks Jungle Cock

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