Champlain Special


Trolling Streamer


Hook - Mustad 9575. size 2-10


Thread - Black


Ribbing - Medium flat gold tinsel


Body - Yellow floss


Throat - Red hackle fibers (Schlappen)


Wing - White bucktail, then yellow bucktail (both sparse), then topped with five or six strands of peacock herl


REMARKS: This pattern was rediscovered by Rodney Flagg in an old Outdoor Life magazine. It has proven to be one of his most successful streamers. It is also tied in tandem as a trolling streamer.


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