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Memorial Day streamer tye fest
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Very Cool kelkay...#4 looks to be sayin,,,Come and get me babee....
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Now that was funny, and very true. I had to add those eyes to that Spooky Shad pattern. It was just too cool to pass up. Plus I might put a smile on somebody's face today...hehehe.
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jeffro
Very Cool kelkay...#4 looks to be sayin,,,Come and get me babee....
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I just found out my 3rd fly is very similar to a style of fly called Killer from NZ. Oh well, that's the way it goes sometimes. Hamill's Killer, and Mallard Killer are two patterns I saw. The article said the Killer fly has been a proven fish taker for over 70 years. I will have to make some more of these and try them out, and see what may like them. They are similar to a Hornberg too.
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Kelkay, What I think you 've got going here is a possible new streamer two fly presentation . I'm going to call fly 3 "Pimp" and fly 4 "The hooker"....... The Pimp and Hooker.
Do I think it will work? Gar- run-teed.
I'd like to hear the fishin' report. Go fish.
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Hi kelkay,
I was going to say that the 3rd one looks very similar to a " black phantom", which is one of the killer patterns here in NZ. If the tail was black squirrel, it would be one! Nice. Another really good killer is "Leslie's Lure", which is just pheasant tail fibres for the tail, a body of wool (colour your choice), tinsel rib (usually flat sliver), and feathers (2 per side) from a hen pheasant's wing tied on the side as you have them.
- Jeff
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Now that was funny. I wasn't going to fish this particular fly until I made another. (the Emerald Buck) I think the others will do well for me, I hope so anyway. You put a smile on my face.
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Jeff, I have never heard of them, but I will look them up. I used buck tail and bodi-braid, jungle cock...but now I see some of them used squirrel and stuff ...I want to find more of these patterns. If you have a link post it. I am looking this up now. Looks like I have stumbled upon a cool style of fly to make. I just thought it was similar to a Hornberg...with my own take on it...sigh...it is a little disappointing, but now I have found more patterns to tie...these look like they may work, the sizes I am not sure about, but will figure that out. Thanks for your reply.
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Hi Kelkay,
The side feathers on a Black Phantom are from a pukeko, which is a New Zealand swamp hen, and there's only one shop in New Zealand that's even allowed to sell a cape from them. You can hunt them during duck season, but they are not considered good eating. Anyway, body feathers from a magpie would make a good sub, though you might need to tie 2 or 3 per side for layers.
I'll not list ribs on these, although it is common to rib most with silver or gold wire or tinsel.
Also, I'll leave out the body, since it's always wool or cheneil or floss (as in, tiers choice). The body colours can be anything you want really, but yellow is tradition for day time flies, and red for night. Why this should matter given the side feathers cover the body is anybodys guess.
Here are a few patterns that I can think of of the top of my head:
Mrs. Simpson:
Tail: black squirrel tail
side feathers: green rump feathers from a cock ring neck pheasant (usually, tie in a pair mid shank, then another pair at the head).
(some people tie this with the church window feathers rather than the greenish ones; check out the FOTW archives and there's an example given there with the brown feathers)
I've got a photo of a Mrs. Simpson here actually, although the tail is a bit short on this one as it should stick out beyond the side feathers:
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...MrsSimpson.jpg
Duchess:
Tail : black squirrel tail
Side feathers: the golden feathers with black tips from a cock ring neck pheasant
Mallard:
Tail : grey squirrel tail
Side feathers : mallard flank feathers
Lord's Killer:
Tail : black squirrel tail
sides : feathers from woodcock wings
(these are a real pain to tie as it will often require a dozen or so feathers to cover the hook properly)
Killwell no 1:
Tail : black squirrel tail
sides: the dark body feathers with a stripe down them from a partridge skin
Hammel's Killer:
Tail : black squirrel tail with golden pheasant tippets on top (if you leave off the tippets it becomes a "greensleeves")
sides: partidge body feathers dyed green
(you often find this tied now with mallard flank dyed green)