Davie McPhail, Don Bastian and Wendell Folkins

Davie McPhail ties up an interesting freestyle pattern.

Hook: Partridge streamer size #2/0

Thread: Utc Flo-Fire Orange, Uni-Black 8/0

Tag: Silver Braid

Rib: Silver Braid

Body: Uni-Yarn Chinese Red

Throat: White Bucktail an Golden Pheasant Crest

Wing: Silver and Dyed Red Badger Cock Hackles Jungle Cock

Sides: Dyed Orange Golden Pheasant Breast, Woodduck Body Feathers and Jungle Cock

Hackles: Two Golden Pheasant Rump dyed Orange

Head: Uni-Yarn Chinese Red and black thread

Over on Don Bastian's blog, don has posted a couple of great articles on selecting hackles for feather-wing / Rangeley style streamers. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here.

I've also found a few Wendell Folkin's streamers on auction that may be of interest to some of the readers. they are a bit on the pricey side, but each is a nice piece of streamer history.

Black Ghost Polar Bear - Wendell Folkins9-3 - Wendell FolkinsMagog Special - Wendell Folkins