Hurricane & Barnes Special

Hurricane

Hook - Mustad 3907B #2 (or any 9xl streamer hook)

Thread - Black

Tail - 2 jungle cock body feathers 

Body - Silver flat tinsel 

Rib - Silver oval tinsel 

Throat - 8-10 peacock sword fibers 

Wing - A small bunch of red bucktail under a small bunch of white bucktail under 2 grizzly hackles 

Originated by Fred Fowler

The Hurricane was designed by an Oquossoc, Maine angler named Fred Fowler. The pattern is also known as the Wonder and was used as the basis for the more celebrated Barnes Special which was developed by Dr. C. Lowell Barnes. There is enough difference in the patterns that many anglers prefer one over the other when trolling for salmon in the Rangeley Lakes

Streamers 365 Vol 3 - Darren MacEachern

Barnes Special

Hook - Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook 8x, size 2 or equivalent

Thread - Red

Tail - 2 short jungle cock body feathers 

Body - Silver flat tinsel 

Rib - Silver oval tinsel 

Underwing - A small bunch of red bucktail over which is a very small bunch of white bucktail 

Wing - 2 yellow hackles flanked by grizzly hackle 

Collar - Several turns of white hackle (tied on after wing) 

Originated by Dr. C. Lowell Barnes

The Barnes Special is an adaptation from a streamer called the Hurricane (aka the Wonder) created by Fred Fowler. The Barnes Special includes a yellow hackle in the wing, a change from a peacock sword throat to a wrapped white hackle and a change of head color from the Hurricane, from black to red. Mr. Barnes was a guide in the Sebago Lake area and was known to examine the stomach contents of his catches. The Barnes Special is one of the most popular Eastern streamers and is credited with the capture of thousands of salmon. It is said to be particularly effective when trolled in the spring.

Streamers 365 Vol 2 - Darren MacEachern