Shannon's Streamer

[HairyMooseKnuckles]

I learned this from Fly Fish Ohio. Supposily killer on Bass. It's made with Baby blanket yarn.

 

[Jig Man]

good tye... They have a bunch of good tutorials there.

 

[rich mc]

you did a good job on it. i use two blood marabous for the tail. my granddaughter shannon is now 5 1/2 yrs old. rich mc

 

[HairyMooseKnuckles]

you did a good job on it. i use two blood marabous for the tail. my granddaughter shannon is now 5 1/2 yrs old. rich mc

I gotta tell ya, I'm loving this fly! It was so enjoyable to sit here and ty it. I was actually thinking about giving you a shout out because it reminded me of some of your flies. I guess I know why now. hahahaa!

Anyways. I wasn't able to find the Paton Bohemian yarn, but did find this and it seems to be a good replacement

 

[Fatman]

Nice ties

 

[StumpHunter]

you did a good job on it. i use two blood marabous for the tail. my granddaughter shannon is now 5 1/2 yrs old. rich mc

Is this your fly? If so nice work coming up with it.

 

[StumpHunter]

Nice looking fly

 

[rich mc]

yes it is. what is really nice is seeing how anglers use it and make variations to it. rich mc

 

[StumpHunter]

yes it is. what is really nice is seeing how anglers use it and make variations to it. rich mc

I do understand. It is great to see a fly you came up with work and to see other tying and using it is great to!! Nice work.

 

[Len]

Thanks rich mc for information on your fly....I am going to try these on some Steelhead very soon. I used a #1 Gamakatsu Octopus hook on these and also the tubing is used to protect my fingers from the hook point when tying ..lol!!

 

[rich mc]

one thing to be carefull in tying is counting the wraps. if you wrap going backward 4 wraps do 4 going forward. good luck rich mc

 

[BBFisher]

How are you keeping it stable to tie the tail past the hook shank. I tried to tie this fly with poor results.

 

[rich mc]

how i do it is to holdthe marabou tail in my left hand, wrap the chenille around a taught tail with my right hand once i do the 4 wraps i re grip the tail and chenille at that spot then wrap chenille forward.
another thing i have changed with its tying over the years is this. after adding the marabou along the top of the whole shank. i lay the chenille along the toptoward thetail and secure . then wraparound the tail and back to the eye. this cuts off the weight of about 2 inches of wet chenille for easier casting. rich mc

 

[BBFisher]

Thanks Rich I'm going to try my hand at it again. These are great looking flies. May even try it on a jig head.