Joe's Smelt Variant Streamer Pattern(s)submitted By Emmett Johnson - Flatwing Streamer Swap - Global FlyFisher

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Joe's Smelt Variant Streamer Pattern(s)submitted By Emmett Johnson - Flatwing Streamer Swap

 
SLICKIE BOY
Originated and Submitted By Bob Skehan
HOOK MUSTAD 9575 SIZE 10
HEAD BLACK
BODY COPPER COLORED KREINIK METALLICS FINE BRAID
THROAT WHITE ARCTIC FOX TIED TO HOOK BEND
UNDERWING SPARSE ORANGE AND PURPLE ARCTIC FOX HAIR
WING TEAL FLANK TIED FLAT ON TOP
COLLAR GRIZZLY HEN HACKLE, TIED BACK

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ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE CASTING-SIZED FLATWING PATTERN, THE TERM "SLICKIE BOY" WAS COMMONLY USED BY U.S. ARMY PERSONNEL AS A SYNONYM FOR "THIEF" WHEN I WAS SERVING IN KOREA IN THE EARLY 90'S. AN APPROPRIATE MONIKER, THIS FLY SNUCK UP ON SOME VERY NICE TROUT THIS SUMMER.

 
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