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Brown Trout Parr SBS
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hook - Mustad 79580 #6
thread - Danville Flymaster brown
body - yarn tan
rib - copper wire
wing - hen pheasant (located on side of the body under the wings)
throat - hackle red/yellow (Chinese streamer cape)
Found one of these while going through my streamer boxes; must have tied it up in the late 90's for some of the PA spring creeks I used to fish. Took a while to come up with the pattern but I finally found it in an old issue of the Mid Atlantic Flyfishing Guide; attributed to Ed Wentzler, only thing I changed was the throat - he used bucktail, I prefer hackle. The hen pheasant feathers simulate parr marks on juvie trout, which the adults seem to find tasty. A very simple tie, and a very effective fly.
Part 1
mash barb, attach thread at 75% mark, tie in rib and wrap back to point above barb
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tie in yarn and wrap body
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prepare 2 well-marked feathers per side; measure for length and strip fibers off one side (except for tail)
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tie in wing at head
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pull wing back along hook, spread fibers at tail
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wrap wire, Matuka style, through wing to the front; helicopter wire and tie off
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Scott, thanks for the SBS. I will have to tie some for my streamer box with the addition of a Muddler head to them.
Alberto
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Scott, you said just enough to confuse me (my wife would probably tell you it doesn't take much). Your quote "prepare 2 well-marked feathers per side; measure for length and strip fibers off one side (except for tail)".
I understand that as a total of 4 feathers. Is that correct?
Nice streamer by the way.
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Jesse,
Correct; 4 feathers, total.
Regards,
Scott