Black Nose Dace Patterns - Lindsey Grandison

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BLACKNOSE DACE (BOB ZWIRZ AND KANI EVAN'S)
Submitted By Lindsey Grandison

BLACKNOSE DACE (BOB ZWIRZ AND KANI EVAN'S)

HOOK	size 2-8, 4 X L
THREAD	white silk thread size 000
HEAD	top - brown, bottom - white
TAIL	cream or light ginger
BODY	antique white, spun fur. Tapered full to head, picked out with dubbing needle and stroked back.
THROAT	cream or light ginger
WING	two white marabou over which are Two light drab (olive toward brown tone) marabou feathers
MYLAR	Silver, upper third painted black, the paint extends from the tip to painted eyes.
EYES	large white, black pupil, coated with clear lacquer

Lindsey's Comments

This is one pattern from Bob Zwirz and Kani Evan's Miracle Marabou Streamers series. Bob Zwirz introduced this pattern in a 1963 article in Field and Stream. Abstracted from Joe Bates' 'Streamer Flytying and Fishing'.

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