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Published on Jan 12. 2017 - 8 years ago
Updated or edited 6 years ago

Streamers

Bucktail

Tinsel

Without a doubt one of the classic bucktails, an easy pattern to tie, but its seldom that you see it tied well! Here's the full tutorial, how to tie the tinsel body, what bucktail to use and the correct way and proportions of mounting the wing.

See the article on GFF about this fly

Originator

The feather bender

Originator's web site

https://thefeatherbender.com

Bucktail Deceive

Bucktail deceiver Bob Popovics fleye
Thank you for watching.

Oct 19. 2024

Mo's Sandeel

Sandeel patterns are an essential type of fly that should not be missing from the fly boxes of saltwater fly anglers.

May 30. 2024

Thunder Bunny

The Thunder Bunny is a combination of a zonker and the classic Thunder creek minnow and makes a great imitation of small bait like anchovies or silversides.

May 21. 2011

Clouser Deep Minnow

Only a few patterns are as generally useful and widespread as the Clouser Deep Minnow. Only a few patterns have their own entry in Wikipedia, but the Clouser Deep Minnow is up there with the Woolly Bugger, the Muddler Minnow, Grey Ghost, Royal Coachman, Diawl Bach and a few others.

Jan 31. 2011

Yellow Marabou Special

While tying up a batch of streamers for a fly swap, GFF partner Bob Petti remembered an old tinsel trick that reduced some of the hand cramping thread wrapping that is all too common with long shanked streamers.

Feb 24. 2020

Kavik

The Kavik is a simple zonker-based streamer, well suited for a lot of different fish, and easy to adapt in color and material choice

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