Sunfish/Bluegill Pattern
Alewife Streamer
Blue-Back Herring Streamer
This post is long over due as I have been meaning to post some info pertaining to my fly box and the patterns I am currently working on. I finally feel as though I have a pattern that is unique enough to call my own; after all, all fly tiers strive for this, right? This is a streamer pattern I developed while trying to tie side-wing hackle streamers.Materials: Bucktail (nice long, wirey hairs; avoid soft bucktail) and angel hair or polar fibers, which ever you have on hand. This is tied from front to back by layering bucktail then angel hair, one ontop of the other as you work your way to the front of the hook. The amount of material for each layer can be altered-both in terms of length and thickness-to alter the flies profile. The bottom side of the fly consist of calf's tail, tied in angled back towards the hook point to create the gills and head profile.
I am hoping to chase Lakers this winter, and depending on where I am, Stripers this Spring using this pattern. In the water the fibers fan out some giving the streamer a broader profile, like that of the baitfish they are meant to imitate.
Fish pics courtesy of: http://www.fish.state.pa.us/pafish/fishhtms/chap10.htm;
http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/clupeidae/alewife.html; http://www3.cesa10.k12.wi.us/ecosystems/wetlands/animals/bluegill/index.htm
