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Raske's New England Streamer Page

Oatman's Silver Darter

Step by Step: Someone asked me how to create the "slightly tapered" body on an Oatman Silver Darter and it was pretty difficult to describe in words, so I tied up a sample and took some photos along the way. Here for your enjoyment is a Lew Oatman favorite, the Silver Darter
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Jim Warner Swap

Streamers: Jim Warner has been one of the most influential fly tyers in New England, especially for those who spend their time trolling and fishing streamers in the many lakes and ponds of the region. The gang of the streamers@ list recently had a swap of his great fly patterns.
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Carrie Challenge II

Streamers: Back in 2002 a bunch of guys on the streamers@ mailing list decided to tie some flies "in the hand" without the benefit of a vise. This year a new crop took up the challenge with a different fly - Carrie's Favorite - and tackled the Look Ma, No Vise challange.
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Jump to "Barrel Full of Bucktails"

Barrel Full of Bucktails

Streamers: Some of these flies are among the most well known of any genre of fishing flies others are a little on the obscure side. Some are simple and some are a bit complicated. I like 'em all. They all have their place on the water, and they all have a story to tell.
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Go to "Yellow Marabou Special"

Yellow Marabou Special

Marabou Winged Streamer: While tying up a batch of streamers for a fly swap, GFF partner Bob Petti remembered an old tinsel trick that reduced some of the hand cramping thread wrapping that is all too common with long shanked streamers.
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Go to "Favorite Streamer Swap"

Favorite Streamer Swap

Patterns:: There's nothing like a good fly swap to get the fly tying knuckles cracked, the creative juices flowing again. The reasons for joining a swap are many - but for me it's fun to tie flies for something other than my fly boxes, and I truly enjoy the friendship and comraderie that comes with participating in a swap. It's not about who ties the best flies or who has the best feathers.
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Go to the article "Zoo Cougar"

Zoo Cougar

Grrrrr: Kelly Galloup's Zoo Cougar is a pattern with some years on its back, but Martin recently discovered and started tying this staple big trout streamer. Large fly, goudy colors, deer hair! Just his kind of fly.
Follow the story here and see Galloup tying the fly on video.

This link takes you to "The Welded Phly"

The Welded Phly

Phlyz: Remember the line from "The Graduate"?
"PLASTICS!"
The hook was dressed with thread and body braid... fine makings for a proper foundation were in place... Temperamental pheatherz were spot welded in place without complaint nor defiance...
Another innovative Pete Gray technique!

Go to "Jiggy"

Jiggy

Stolen hair: A jigging fly for almost any predatory fish originated by Bob Popvics. After a trip to Danish island Bornholm in 2007 Kasper Mühlbach wanted to tie and try this successful pattern and ordered a special color. But someone else came first and bought his custom dyed bucktail.
See the result here.

Jump to "Bergman Conversions"

Bergman

New Streamers: Converting a fly from one form to another is certainly an educational process, as it requires you to look at materials in a new way, especially the wing materials. A wet fly that calls for a wing of mallard flank or mottled turkey has no obvious equivalent in a hairwing.
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Go to Streamer Flies for Trophy Trout

Streamer Flies for Trophy Trout
Kelly Galloup, author of "Modern Streamers for Trophy Trout", brings us a new DVD where he ties some of the flies from his book. With each fly, Kelly takes the time to explain the materials and techniques used to construct the fly, and we see every step along the way.

Go to S&L's Lost Flies

S&L's Lost Flies
Dick Stewart and Bob Leeman's book "Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon" has inspired fly tyers for the 24 years since it's publication in 1982. Here, finally, we get to see some of the patterns listed in the back of the book that did not have supporting photographs.

Go to Tribute to MOM

Tribute to MOM
The flies Mary documented were, invariably, ornate wet flies. They were, and are, the legacy of centuries of British salmon fly design spiced by the natural resources and original thinking available to their American interpreters.

Go to My Eyes!!

My Eyes!!
Painting eyes on streamers is nothing new, but as with any other tying procedure, there are some tricks that can help, and some pitfalls that should be avoided. This article shows you how to do it on-the-cheap with readily available materials.

Go to Mini Streamers

Mini Streamers
How small can you tie a streamer and still call it a streamer? The folks on the streamers@ mailing list decided to challenge themselves to a swap of streamers no larger than a size 12. The results were move interesting.

Go to New Streamers

New Streamers
Converting a classic salmon fly to hairwing form has been done for many years among salmon anglers. Recently, the gang on the streamers@ mailing list tried their hand at converting classic salmon patterns to trout flies.

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Patterns
·Steelhead Beetle
·Grantham's Sedge
·The Killer Mantis
·Martin's Mundane Zonker Worm
·HKA Sunray/Bismo
·Jim Warner Swap
·Carrie Challenge II
·Bastard Crab
·Meko Special
·The CDC & Elk family
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Fish Better
·The only knot
·Capt. Mel's Tube Knot
·The Fish & The Fly Q&A
·Stepping into the Stream Q&A
·The bag trick
·A Backyard in Nowhere Q&A
·When lightning strikes
·Don't wade, you idiot!
·Car rod holders
·Fishing a bubble
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Reports
·Pretty in pink
·My Time on the Mountain
·Lake fishing in Sweden
·Easy Fishing Florida Keys
·Sailfish on the Fly
·Landlocked Salmon and Lobster
·Fishing the Danish coast
·Europe's New Zealand
·Kola autumn
·South Patagonia on a Budget - P...
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