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Champlain Special
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2022 7:41 am
by nfrechet
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.
The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies – Eric Leiser
Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils
Re: Champlain Special
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2022 9:25 pm
by DOUGSDEN
Norm,
There it is....Perfection! What a pretty looking streamer! It has great catch-ability! Thank you for sharing this with us!
Doug
Re: Champlain Special
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 6:24 am
by nfrechet
thank you and youre welcome
Re: Champlain Special
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:04 am
by DarrellP
Love these old Bucktails and streamers
Re: Champlain Special
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 5:52 am
by Ron Eagle Elk
Wonderful fly, Norm. I keep coming back again and again to look at it. It looks so much like a baby brook trout, or possibly what's called a yellow perch here. I'll bet that would get slammed in a beaver pond or a local lake. Beautifully dressed.
Re: Champlain Special
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 11:38 am
by letumgo
The herl overwing is phenomenal. Some of the nicest herl I’ve seen.
I’d still fish this piece of art, but probably with hesitation. Such a beautiful dressing.