Alan Petrucci Streamers

I can still remember the fist fish I caught on a streamer, a stocked brook trout on a Royal Coachman streamer. Since that time I have had success many times fishing these long flies.

By Alan Petrucci

My love for streamers started when we took a vacation in Rangeley Maine back in the seventies. This area was a hot bed of streamer fly history and I wanted to know everything about it. I soon learned of the patterns from Maine as well as many of the other states in the northeast that also had their own streamer history. I can still remember the fist fish I caught on a streamer, a stocked brook trout on a Royal Coachman streamer. Since that time I have had success many times fishing these long flies. In my early days of fly fishing I bought all of my flies, and it was only about the year 2000 that I started to tie these beautiful flies. They were a bit rough for sure but with lots of practice and some well recieved advise my work got so much better. While I enjoy tying the classics I prefer to free style my streamers. I love the colors and materials available to tyers today and take full advantage of them in my streamers. While my love of fly fishing, which I do primarily on small streams, fishing for wild brook trout with dry flies. I always drift back to to those bright beautiful long flies that captured me back a long time ago. Alan Petrucci Newington, CT.
	AUTUMN DELIGHT Hook: Martinek Rangeley Streamer Body: Orange Yarn Rib: Flat Gold Tinsel Throat: Brown and Orange Hackle Wing: Two Orange then Two Brown Saddle Hackle, the brown slightly shorter Shoulder: Ringneck Pheaseant Back Feather Cheeks: Jungle Cock Head: Orange
The "Autumn Delight" captures some of the colors from this most beautiful time of year.
	BROWN TROUT Hook: Martinek Rangeley Streamer Tail: Woodduck Butt: Peacock Herl Body: Red Floss Rib: Flat SilverTinsel Wing: Light brown followed by dark brown saddle hackle Shoulder: Ringneck then yellow mallard Cheeks: Jungle Cock Head: Black
Designed to imitate a small brown trout.
	CABIN CREEK Hook: Martinek Rangeley Streamer Tail: Golden Pheasant Crest Butt: red Ostrich Herl Body: Purple Yarn Rib: Flat Embossed Gold Tinsel Throat: Silver Doctor Blue Hackle Wing: Magenta then two silver badger saddle hackles Shoulder: Golden Pheaseant Back Feather Cheeks: Jungle Cock Head: Black
The "Cabin Creek" gets its name from a small wild trout stream in Connecticut.
	ICE Hook: Martinek Rangeley Streamer Tail: Red Hackle Body: Red Floss Tag and Rib: Embossed Silver Tinsel Throat: Yellow Hackle Wing: Two Yellow and Two Purple Saddle Hackles Shoulder: Ringneck Pheasant Dyed Yellow Cheeks: Jungle Cock Head: Black
The "Ice" is a streamer that was designed as an attractor, and it looked so cool when completed, hence the name "Ice".
	INDIAN ROCK Hook: Martinek Rangeley Streamer Body: Olive Yarn Tag and Rib: Flat Gold Tinsel Belly: Four Strands Peacock Herl and Lavendar Bucktail Throat: Magenta Hackle Wing: Two Magenta then Two Silver Badger Hackles, the badger slightly shorter Shoulder: Golden Pheasant Rump Cheeks: Jungle Cock Head: Black
Indian Rock is a famous pool on the Kennebago River in Maine. I created the streamer to celebrate this beautiful area.
	KNOTFANCEE Hook: Martinek Rangeley Streamer Tail: Red Hackle Butt: Peacock Herl Body: Orange Floss Tag and Rib: Flat Silver Tinsel Throat: Red and Yellow Hackle Wing: Two Yellow and Two Red Hackles Cheeks: Jungle Cock Head: Black
"Knotfancee" was a streamer I tied with some remnants lying around the tying desk.
	POUDRE CANYON SPECIAL Hook: Martinek Rangeley Streamer Body: Orange Floss Tag and Rib: Flat Silver Tinsel Belly: White Bucktail Throat: Red Hackle Wing: Two Brown and Two Furnace Hackles Shoulder: Yellow Mallard Cheeks: Jungle Cock Head: Black
The "Poudre Canyon Special" is a streamer named after a river in Colorado. It was tied for an angler and fly tyer in Colorado. There was a watercolor painting of this sfly by an artist in South Carolina.
	WEDDING Hook: Martinek Rangeley Streamer Body: Red Yarn Tag and Rib: Embossed Silver Tinsel Throat: White and Magenta Hackle Wing: Two Brown and Two Magenta Saddle Hackle Shoulder: Golden Pheasant Cheeks: Jungle Cock Head: Black
The "Wedding" is a streamer tied for a gentleman for his wedding. They were going to use them in place of a flower on their wedding tuxedos.