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Arctic Leemans Smelt - Bob Skehan



 
ARCTIC LEEMANS SMELT
Submitted By Bob Skehan
HEAD BLACK
BODY FLAT SILVER TINSEL
THROAT SPARSE WHITE ARCTIC FOX TAIL
WING PALE LAVENDER ARCTIC FOX TAIL, OVER WHICH IS BRIGHT GREEN ARCTIC FOX TAIL
TOPPING FOUR STRANDS OF PEACOCK HERL
EYES PAINTED YELLOW WITH BLACK PUPIL (I USED WHITE WITH BLACK PUPIL)
SOURCE TROLLING FLIES FOR TROUT & SALAMON (STEWART AND LEEMAN)
COMMENT LEEMANS SMELT WAS ORIGINATED BY BOB LEEMAN, OF BANGOR, MAINE. THE ORIGINAL PATTERN UTILIZES BUCKTAIL INSTEAD OF ARCTIC FOX. A VERY GOOD PATTERN BOTH IN THE SMALLER CASTING SIZES, AND IN TROLLING SIZES WITH LONG SHANKED HOOKS OR TIED TANDEM.
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