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#290 - Grizzly Orange

Grizzly Orange - Don Bastian Tied by: Don Bastian Originated by: Don Bastian Source: Forgotten Flies 1999, Schmookler & Sils - Pg. 442 Hook:...

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#290 Grizzly Orange - Don Bastian #290 Grizzly Orange - Don Bastian

Tied by: Don Bastian
Originated by: Don Bastian
Source: Forgotten Flies 1999, Schmookler & Sils - Pg. 442

Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley streamer hook 6xl #1
Thread: Red 8/0
Tail: Yellow hackle fivers
Body: Flat gold tinsel
Belly: Black bucktail
Throat: Orange hackle fibers
Under-wing: Orange bucktail
Wing: 2 grizzly hackles
Shoulder: Guinea fowl dyed orange
Eye: Jungle cock nail
Head: Red

Notes: Don designed the pattern for chasing the legendary land-locked salmon and brook trout of the Rangeley region of Maine. The colors of the streamer resemble the fall spawning phase of the brook trout.

Submitted by Eunan on

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Wow Don, this one is a beauty! Love the colors....they work so well together. Black buck tail and everything...Great fly!

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