Here's a pattern I've had some luck with fishing the mouth of the Waiteti after dark. The overall construction is loosely based upon a Cosseboom, but the colours are quite different. The tail and body are claret (well, the body is Uni Floss "wine") and with the gold rib I figure that had to be a good night combo (thinking of things like Mallard and Claret). The fox squirrel wing goes well, sort of like the brown wing on a dark Montreal. And, black and red for the hackle are just really good colours for night flies.

This is tied on a number 4 Mustad 79850 stremer hook, which is the biggest hook I've ever worked with. When I've fished these on the Waiteti, I've just tied them on size 10 2x length hooks. I'll be curious to see how these big streamer hooks work out.



- Jeff