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#5 - Finned Phoenix

Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Hook: Mustad #3907B #4 Tag: Medium silver flat tinsel Ribbing: Medium silver flat tinsel...

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#5 Finned Phoenix - Darren MacEachern

Tied by: Darren MacEachern
Originated by: Darren MacEachern

Hook: Mustad #3907B #4
Tag: Medium silver flat tinsel
Ribbing: Medium silver flat tinsel
Body: Orange floss
Belly: 15-20 peacock herl
Wing: 2 yellow hackles flanked by orange, then red and claret, each one shorter than the last.
Eye: Jungle cock nail
Head: Black

Notes: I had been playing around with some different ways to graduate color in the wing of my streamers. Most of my efforts required me to hand color the feathers with permanent marker, but I wasn't happy with the saturation of the color into the feather. This graduated feather has a much smoother blend when it's wet and the color is more vibrant. I tied this streamer with pre-assembled wings and tied along the hook shank in the Stevens style so the fly is quite slender when it gets dipped.

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