Bob Skehan

Bob Skehan, GFF partner

The father of the New England Streamers web page

Authored these articles

Article New Streamers Apr 22. 2005 Streamers Converting a classic salmon fly to hairwing form has been done for many years among salmon anglers. Recently, the gang on the streamers@ mailing list tried their hand at converting classic salmon patterns to trout flies. Click here to see the results	Article Mike Martineks Rangeley Streamers May 1. 2003 Internationally known streamer tyer Mike Martinek shares some of his flies	Article Fox swap Oct 24. 2002 Woof The first swap of the winter tying season, the Arctic Fox Pattern Swap Page hilights the latest creations/conversions by Streamer List members. All of the patterns in this swap utilize Arctic Fox as a major component.
Article Golden shiner Jan 15. 2002 Forage This is a well know species that is easily identified. Key characteristics are the strongly compressed rather elliptical body, a small pointed head, strongly downward curving lateral ling, a long sickle-shaped anal fin, and a thin scaleless keel on the midline of the belly behind the pelvic fins. More golden shiner information in this article	Article Flatwing swap Jul 30. 2001 Streamers Last spring, the members of the Streamer email list participated in a Flatwing Streamer Swap. This swap, hosted by Ron McKusick, was a very enjoyable affair and a number of innovative and productive patterns were shared amongst the swap participants.	Article Smelt Jan 1. 2001 Forage The "king of baitfish", the American Smelt is the inspiration for the vast majority of New England Streamer patterns. Though there are a number of smelt species throughout the world, it's the Atlantic Rainbow Smelt that populates New England's waters, and is the one most-commonly immitated. Go to the article here
Article The Rangerly style Jan 1. 2001 Tip The Rangeley Style of streamer tying is the style used by Carrie Stevens to tie her famous Grey Ghost pattern. This unique features of this style of tying are that the wing components are assembled and glued together before attaching to the hook, and that the wings are not mounted on top of the hook shank but slightly down the sides of the hook shank. See how to tie it here.	Article Hackle for streamers Jan 1. 2001 One of the things most often asked by neophyte streamer tyers is what types of hackle are best suited for streamer wings. The short answer is... there is no single source best suited for streamer wings. The long answer... well... I'll ramble on about it for the remainder of this essay!	Article Oatman swap Jan 1. 2001 Swap The idea of a swap of patterns originated by Lew Oatman came from interaction by the participants on The Streamer Board on this site. The swap was hosted by Bob Petti. See the patterns here
Article Atlantic conversions Nov 10. 2000 Convertible Although the subject of this article may seem like heresy to dedicated tyers of classic atlantic salmon patterns, I thought it might be a fun exercise this winter to adapt some of these classic patterns to New England streamers. It was indeed a challenging and enjoyable tying experience. Go for it	Article Marabou swap Oct 14. 2000 Swap The second streamer swap to have originated from the forums on this site, Doug Saball's Marabou Streamer Swap was a great success! The theme for the swap was that participants would contribute an original or established streamer pattern which used marabou for the wing material. See the patterns here	Article Martinek's CS streamers May 31. 2000 Carrie The three original Carrie Stevens Patterns on this page are shared with us from Mike Martinek's private collection with his comments.