Jay Blue

Jay Blue

Hook - Wet fly style

Thread - White under floss; black head

Tail - Blue hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Blue floss or uni-stretch

Throat - Blue hackle fibers

Wing - Eurasian jay

Fosnot

Fosnot

hook - wet fly style

body - yellow chenille

throat - blue hackle fibers

wing - slate goose/duck quill

Cinnamon and Gold

Cinnamon and Gold

Hook - Wet/nymph style

Thread - Tan

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body – Gold embossed tinsel

Throat – Ginger hen hackle fibers

Wing - Cinnamon goose/duck wing feather

ABU Optic Streamers

Pin-Up 

(Red)

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Ribbing - Gold wire or oval gold tinsel

Body - Red floss

Throat - Brown hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Small silver bead chain

Pin-Up 

(Silver)

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver wire or oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Blue hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Small silver bead chain

Pin-Up 

(Black)

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver wire or oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Throat - Natural guinea fowl feather fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Small silver bead chain

Playboy 

(Red)

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers or golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Silver wire or oval silver tinsel

Body - Red floss

Throat - Dyed blue guinea hen hackle fibers

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Small silver bead chain

Playboy 

(Silver)

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Gold wire or oval gold tinsel

Body - Rear; orange floss, front; black floss or wool

Throat - Black hackle fibers

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Small silver bead chain

Playboy 

(Black)

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Gold wire or oval gold tinsel

Body - Rear; orange floss, front; black floss or wool

Throat - Black hackle fibers

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Small silver bead chain

Streamtease 

(Red)

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers or golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Gold wire or oval gold tinsel

Body - Red floss

Throat - Brown hackle fibers

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Small silver bead chain

Streamtease 

(Silver)

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Ribbing - Silver wire or oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Brown hackle fibers

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Small silver bead chain

Streamtease 

(Black)

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers or golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Silver wire or oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Throat - Dyed blue guinea hen hackle fibers

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Small silver bead chain

Callgirl 

(Red)

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers or golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Silver wire or oval silver tinsel

Body - Red floss

Throat - Dyed blue guinea fowl feather fibers

Wing - Dyed red gray squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Small silver bead chain

Callgirl 

(Silver)

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Mixed red & yellow hackle fibers or golden pheasant tippet

Ribbing - Silver wire or oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Dyed blue guinea hen hackle fibers

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Small silver bead chain

Callgirl 

(Black)

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers or golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Gold wire or oval gold tinsel

Body - Black floss

Throat - Dyed blue guinea hen hackle fibers

Wing - Dyed red gray squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Small silver bead chain

Reference

Herb Johnson Special

Herb Johnson Special

Hook: Mustad 9575, #2

Thread: Grey

Tag: Silver Embossed Tinsel

Rib: Silver Embossed Tinsel

Body: Black yarn

Belly: White bucktail

Wing: Yellow bucktail topped with sparse purple bucktail

Sides: Magenta and light blue floss, as long as wing, with one strand of peacock herl

Head: Painted silver with yellow eye and black pupil

Mighty Atom

Mighty Atom 

(Mike Martinek)(Art of Angling Journal)

Hook - Wet, nymph or casting streamer

Tail - Red floss or antron yarn, cut short

Body - Twisted copper wire

Wing - Orange and brown bucktail, sparse

Hackle - Orange, folded and pulled back as a collar

Head - Red thread with painted white eye and black pupil

Note: A "casting streamer" hook refers to a hook that is 3xl or 4xl long and in sizes #2-10 where a "streamer" or "trolling streamer" hook is 6xl, 8xl or longer, and usually in sizes #1-2

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Gapen's Flick Fly Sreamer

Gapen's Flick Fly Streamer

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Weight - Optional

Tail assembly - #12 barrel swivel, .23 inch diameter split ring and size 00 colorado spinner blade

Tail assembly connection to hook shank - .015 diameter beadalon 7 strand wire

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Chenille in your choice of color 

Wing - 2 or 4 hackle tips - white, grizzly, brown, badger, red, yellow, orange etc

Collar - White, grizzly, brown, badger, red, yellow, orange etc 

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