The originator of this small casting streamer is Bob Bedell of
Solon, Maine, one of the old-timer Maine Down East fly tyers.
It's small size is especially easy to cast to landlocks, brookies,
and rainbows of the Bingham area of Maine.
First used in 1972 with a sinking line and dredging down
deep style of fishing for the cold-water species of fish
that live in that area. The early season has tough conditions;
the fish tend to be logy and down deep and you have to get
down to them with sinking lines and flies. This fly is
particularly effective in Carry Pond in the Bingham area.
This bait-type fly can be made with materials which are
plentiful and easy to use. The state of Maine has to be
considered the bucktail/streamer capital of the world.
The smelt fly patterns alone would keep you tying for a very
long cold winter.
Bingham Special
As tied by Dick Surette
- Hook: Mustad #9575, sizes 10 - 12.
- Thread: Black pre-waxed nylon.
- Body: Flat silver tinsel.
- Throat: Long as hook, white impali, Peacock herl tied
directly under hook.
- Wing: Underwing of yellow impali, tied length of hook.
Topwing - four grizzly saddles, usual streamer style.
- Cheeks: Brown breast of partridge.
- Eyes: White with black center, clear lacquer over.
Credits: Information and recipe from Dick Surette's Trout
and Salmon Fly Index, photo from Forgotten Flies.
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