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INCREDIBLE SILVER MINNOW streamer pattern

Flat-Winged Streamers

By Bob Skehan

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INCREDIBLE SILVER MINNOW



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INCREDIBLE SILVER MINNOW
THREAD white
TAIL grizzly hackle barbules
BODY white floss to build up underbody, then fully wrapped with flat silver tinsel. lead wire is often used to weight this pattern.
THROAT long, sparse bunch of red hackle barbules
WING sparse white bucktail, over which sparse blue calftail, over which mallard flank feather tied flat on top and folded down over sides
HEAD built up with thread and painted silver
EYES painted black with yellow pupil



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