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Streamers Guest Section

Find "Atlantic Salmon Conversions" here

New Streamers

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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Find "Big Mike's streamers" here

Big Mike's streamers

Heritage: Truly influential fly tyers are rare. Mike Martinek is such a tyer. He has been the initiator and a major contributor to the revival of the American streamers. Read Bob Petti's article about Mike's beautiful, classical streamer patterns.

Jump to "Carrie's Challenge"

Carrie's Challenge

Streamers: I have never used a vise; I have never seen anyone tie a fly and noone has ever seen me tie one. I have never read or had any fly tying instructions. Said by Carrie Stevens in a letter to Jospeh Bates. The words of a trailblazer. How fortunate we are to reap the benefits of a road paved by innovators before us, such as Mrs. Stevens.

Find "Jim Warner flies" here

Jim Warner flies

Classic: Guest writers Mike Martinek and Chris DelPlato have teamed up to write, the Jim Warner - A New England Classic which hilights the contribution of this well known New Hampshire angler to streamer anglers.

Read more on "Preston Jennings' flies"

Preston Jennings' flies

Preston Jennings was one of those rare individuals who saw things differently than most folks. It would certainly be in our best interested to learn more about his work and his thoughts on color separation when we design our own flies. Bob Petti shows you a few patterns in the Streamer Section.

Skip to "Carrie Stevens II"

Carrie Stevens II

Mrs. Carrie G. Stevens: One of the true parents of streamer fly fishing, particularly in New England, she brought forth the Gray Ghost. The popularity of her 25 years of fly tying is exemplified by this fly, a streamer that has traveled not only throughout the United States but all over the world.
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"Deceivers" is found here

Deceivers

A recent article in Fly Tyer magazine sparked quite a debate on the streamer list about the use of this popular and effective saltwater fly in fresh water. The debate found the authors "defending" the fresh water deceiver and prompted us to write a small
feature on some of our own deceiver patterns.

"Herb Welch flies" is found here

Herb Welch flies

Directly to "Martinek's streamers"

Martinek's streamers

Carrie: The 3 original Carrie Stevens Patterns on this page are shared with us from Mike Martinek's private collection with his comments.

Go to "Our kids streamers"

Our kids streamers

Skip to "Reindeer Ghost Shiner"

Reindeer Ghost Shiner

This link takes you to "Streamers Of Bill Edson"

Streamers Of Bill Edson

Thunder Creeks
Fifteen Thunder Creek patterns.

West Carry Dace

White Marabou

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