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Submitted by Bryan on

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Hello I am interested in buying some of these flies from you for trolling for walleyes is this possible?

Submitted by David Swart 17… on

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Like the article,love a classic small #12 bucktail streamer in early spring on local waters,1 of my favorites is I call a yoo stream,#12 TMC 5263,or 300 gold tinsel body,gold wire rib,hot orange 6/0 thread,a wing of hot orange,& yellow bucktail,with yellow glue on eyes,& cover the head with clear cure goo,works on our local brookies great.

Submitted by 1737246328 on

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Excellent article!

I tie these flies as teasers above a jig for surf fishing. You never know what you're going to hook up to when fishing one.

Submitted by Harold Richards on

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nice job I'll be trying them out in the south on bass and pan fish and I'll be tying them also . I am all ways looking for patterns for bucktails and streamer and nymphs. If you know were I can fine them Please let me know , and allso looking for books about them.

Submitted by Mike Speir on

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Re Mickey Finn, I have caught Walleye, Pike and Small mouth bass on it. My first was a 29 1/2" 10lb Walleye I wont go anywhere without them !
Great Streamers !

Submitted by will stone on

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thats funny i never caught a fish on the mickey finn an i have all sizes you forgot to mention the original name for the mickey finn was also called the assassin wy they changed the name puzzles me i know one flie u pointed out i will be tying is the liggett special that looks a lot better for catching fish with the white underbody than the mickey finn thanks for sharing the pattern tight lines

Submitted by Jerri Bullock on

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Very nice job, as usual, by the way. You have a nice mixture of classic and lesser known patterns here and thanks so much for the complete material recipes. I'll certainly be adding a few of these into my fly box.

Submitted by Ray Tucker on

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Bob - Fantastic article! If you were to look in my fishing fly box you will see fifteen of the different bucktail patterns you show above. I have had terrific luck fishing these classic over the past few years. I got a big smile when I read your comment about the proportions of the Black Nose Dace (Art Flick) pattern. I remember getting into the same discussion with Chris Del Plato on another forum. I have since tyed and fished the fly with proportions closer to Mr. Flick's originals.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your article and the gorgeous fly. Kudos!

Submitted by Stephen Jay on

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Nice flies! I have used bucktail for years now, without regrets, however, I find myself substituting coloured polar bear hair in place of the like coloured bucktail. Still legal in Canada, and seems to work better. Just a thought.

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