MARABOU BARNES SPECIAL streamer pattern(s)submitted by Steve Desmond - Marabou Streamer Swap - Global FlyFisher

MARABOU BARNES SPECIAL streamer pattern(s)submitted by Steve Desmond - Marabou Streamer Swap

MARABOU BARNES SPECIAL
Submitted By Steve Desmond

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MARABOU BARNES SPECIAL

HOOK	Streamer, 4x to 6x long single, sizes 4 to 10, or tandem
THREAD	Red
TAIL	Jungle cock body or any spotted feather
BODY	Traditional: flat silver ribbed with oval silver tinsel or Modern: Orvis Braid tied at ends (small)
WING	Sparse red bucktail over which is sparse white bucktail over which is yellow marabou flanked by two thin grizzly hackles
COLLAR	Flared back white hackle
HEAD	Oversized painted red
COMMENTS	My favorite early season Northern Maine salmon fly. Fish it on bright days, slowly twitched against the current or trolled very close to shore.

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