These are three marabou winged streamers from Jim Warner. My favorite thing about these flies is the construction of the body, where the flat tinsel is the rib for the oval tinsel.
Melvin Bay
Hook: Streamer, 4X long, down-eye, size 6
Thread: Black
Body: Oval silver tinsel ribbed with flat silver tinsel
Throat: Red hackle fibers
Underwing: Yellow then red bucktail, tied sparse
Wing: Dun marabou
Topping: Silver pheasant crest (this is tough to find, so you can sub with peacock herl)
Eyes: Painted
Wolfeboro Bay
Hook: Streamer, 4X long, down-eye, size 6
Thread: White
Body: Oval silver tinsel ribbed with flat silver tinsel
Underwing: Yellow then red then white bucktail, tied sparse
Wing: White marabou
Topping: Silver pheasant crest (this is tough to find, so you can sub with peacock herl)
Eyes: Painted
Yellow Marabou Special
Hook: Streamer, 4X long, down-eye, size 6
Thread: Black
Body: Oval silver tinsel ribbed with flat silver tinsel
Throat: Red hackle fibers
Underwing: White then red bucktail, tied sparse
Wing: Yellow marabou
Topping: Silver pheasant crest (this is tough to find, so you can sub with peacock herl)
Eyes: Painted
I use different sized metal dowels that I found in an old fly tying kit. You can do the same thing with different sized brads and finishing nails. For example, to do the black and white eyes, select two different sized nails, bigger for the iris, smaller for the pupil. Start with one drop of white craft paint on a piece of paper. Carefully dip just the top of the nail head into the paint and touch it to the head of the fly. Repeat for the other side of the head and let it dry. To do the pupil, use the smaller nail and one drop of black craft paint. Once the black craft paint is dry, coat the head with UV cure epoxy to protect the eyes.
I bought some Bamboo skewers for a couple dollars at a grocery store, and sanded the points down. Did the same painting trick with nail polish on some jigs.
