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Oatman Streamer Swap
An Oatman Pattern Page illustrating the BATTENKILL SHINER streamer pattern(s)submitted by Bob Skehan
By Bob Skehan
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BATTENKILL SHINER
Submitted By
Bob Skehan
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BATTENKILL SHINER
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HOOK
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No. 8, 6X long
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THREAD
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black 6/0
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TAIL
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A very small bunch of gray hackle fibers
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BUTT
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A few turns of red floss
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BODY
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Tapered White floss
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RIB
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medium flat silver tinsel, over body only
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THROAT
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A small bunch of gray hackle fibers
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WING
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Two medium blue saddle hackles on each side of which is a silver badger saddle hackle, all extending to the end of the tail.
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CHEEKS
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Jungle Cock, rather short
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Bob's Comments On This pattern:
The original pattern calls for a medium blue saddle hackle to be used as the inner pair, but not having a decent medium blue, I chose to substitute a blue dun hackle. I liked the results. I'm also very partial to patterns which use silver or golden badger saddle hackles for wings, particularly those with a dark "V" shape along the stem. It's very fishy looking.
To build up and taper the body, I used a cream-colored dubbing as an underbody. It was much quicker than using floss only, and doesn't seem to effect its sink rate when fished.
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