Brown Owl

[Bryan Trantham]

I liked the looks of the Brown Owl streamer shown in the Fly Fisherman article on the Rapid River in Maine. The tying recipe was listed but no instructions. I am curious to know how the gray Mallard flank is supposed to look on the back? Is it supposed to be slim or flare out a bit?
Also, are there some good references or recipes for streamers from this region?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Bryan

[Mark Vendon]

Hi Bryan,

I don't get that magazine, but from looking at a picture of the streamer in Hunter's / Stone River Outfitters catalog, it looks like a flatwing style streamer. You can find tying instructions as well as more flatwing and other streamer patterns at this site.
[url=http://globalflyfisher.com/streamers/tips/flatwing/flatstyl.htm:1d026]http://globalflyfisher.com/streamers/tips/flatwing/flatstyl.htm[/url:1d026]

Regards,

Mark

[Panman]

Bryan: I played around and could not find a brown owl streamer -but did find an Owl streamer which has mallard. Don't know if this helps or not
[url=http://www.northcountryangler.com/fly_ty1.jpg:f4963]http://www.northcountryangler.com/fly_ty1.jpg[/url:f4963]

Tim Anderson

[Bryan Trantham]

Thanks Mark and Panman! Both sites were very helpful. The Brown Owl is a flatwing style streamer. I look forward to tying a few.
Bryan