Daisey Mae Streamer Pattern(s)submitted By Lindsey Grandison - Smelt Pattern Feature - Global FlyFisher

Daisey Mae Streamer Pattern(s)submitted By Lindsey Grandison - Smelt Pattern Feature

DAISEY MAE
Submitted By Lindsey Grandison

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DAISEY MAE

THREAD	black
TAIL	red wool tied short
BODY	flat silver tinsel
WING	2 light green saddle hackles flanked by two brown saddle hackles, over which are 4 strands of peacock herl
THROAT	long white bucktail, then a shorter bunch of yellow calftail
SHOULDERS	brown-edged black and tan feathers from the back neck of a cock ringneck pheasant
COMMENT	originated by G. Alden MacDonald for Moosehead Lake

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