Streamers can be designed to swim what ever side up you want, either by just the weight of the bend and point of the hook, added weight, a bouyant wing, or some combination
A fly like a Clouser Minnow has the weight tied on top of the shank and the buoyant wing tied underneath, this counteracts the weight of the hook point so the fly swims up-side down.
A bucktail or a streamer with hackle wings swims upright because the buoyant wing and the weigth of the hookpoint holds it that way
Last edited by dudley; 10-21-2009 at 09:10 PM.
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