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Oatman Streamer Swap
An Oatman Page illustrating the BROOK TROUT streamer pattern(s)submitted by Lindsey Grandison
By Bob Skehan
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BROOK TROUT
Submitted By
Lindsey Grandison
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BROOK TROUT
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HOOK
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6 X long, ring eye. Partirdge CS5, Mustad 36620 or Daiichi 2460
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THREAD
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Olive
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TAIL
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A bunch of white hackle barbs over which is tied a equal sized bunch of black hackle barbs over which is tied a bunch twice as large of orange hackle barbs. Length equal to hook gap.
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BODY
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White floss on the rear three quarters of the shank and a salmon pink floss on the front quarter. The body has a slight taper.
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RIB
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Flat Gold tinsel
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THROAT
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A large bunch of orange hackle barbs under which is a half sized bunch of black hackle barbs under which is a half sized (to the orange)bunch of white hackle barbs. Length is similar to that of the tail.
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UNDERWING
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A sparse underwing of orange bucktail which ends at the end of the tail.
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WING
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Olive over grizzly. The outer olive wing is spotted with red and yellow dots along the central stem.
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EYES
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Jungle Cock
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HEAD
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The dorsal surface of the thread wraps immediately behind the eye of the hook is painted white
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Lindsey's Comments On This Pattern
Apply the dots of paint to the olive saddle hackle before the hackle is tied into the fly. It helps if the paint is quite thick. I used lacquer. With one of the bottles, I had to let it stand uncapped for a day in order to evaporate off some of the thinner in the paint.. If the paint is too thin, it will wick along the stem and barbs.
As recommended by Dick Talleur it helps to coat the jungle cock nails
with head cement before tying them in. Coating them prevents the nail
from splitting.
This listing of materials differs from that given by Joe Bates in
"Streamers and Bucktails" by the inclusion of an underwing of orange
bucktail. I chose to add an underwing because I examined the picture of
the Lew Oatman Brook Trout in the Bates' book and it appeared to have an
underwing even though one was not listed in the tying pattern. There is
another illustration for the Lew Oatman Brook Trout in Schmookler and
Sils' " Rare and Unusual Tying Material, Vol II". The fly pictured
there also appeared to have an orange bucktail underwing. I tried tying
with and without the underwing and decided to include an underwing in
all of the flies submitted for the swap. I found that an underwing gave
some support to the wing allowing it to lay in place more easily. How
the inclusion of the underwing will affect the action once the fly is in
the water and whether one without an underwing will catch more fish than
one with is unresolved in my mind. I guess I will just have to go
fishing and find out.
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