I got to thinking about salmon streamers the other night, and started messing with materials I have never used before. I used Green Zonker strips, some maribou, flashabou, synthetic hair, and some deer hair.
I attempted some muddler like streamer variations that pretty much sucked. One with a tungsten bullet point weighted head, and one with out.
Then I tried a streamer like contraption that I actually think will work. But who knows?
Then I threw together two more attempts at Mickey Finns.
And well... That was what I tried to do last night.
Thanks for checking it out.
Theron
I see you have given the spinning of deer hair a try . I only tried that once along time ago. I want to give it a shot. I know Stephen is an expert at it . I should ask him for some advice. Looks like your getting the hang of them Mickey's. Soon you will be knocking out some Grey Ghost..
Don't hold your breath Dave. I would hate to be responsible for your death.
I have gotten fairly confident with nymphs of differnt varieties, but Streamers are something else entirely. I think I want to master wet flies before jumping into the streamer category.
I tried to spin Deer hair one other time. Here are some pics.
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I made two of these up to go bass fishing with my brother. They even made that nostalgic popping noise when stripped through the water with quick short bursts. I was really proud of that. Sadly no fish though. He couldn't even catch them on a worm that night though, so I didn't feel too bad about that.
Theron
Theron
You are gaining on it faster than I've ever seen anyone who went at it. A year from now I see you doing classic salmon flies for shows. You know the ones they have in picture frames behind glass.
Keep at it!
I intend to start tying some salmon flies this weekend for our morning with Lee at the Mary meeting. I just have to figure out what. Lee said he likes the golden demon.
Theron
Hi T-Bone
Rather than give you a long-winded reply, I humbly submit to you the following link.
I hope it helps with the deer hair spinning.in some little way.
www.atlanticsalmonanglers.com/filemgmt_data/files/buckbug.pdf
Stephen
Stephen
You must be a gifted man with that buck hair. When I had a go of it I distinctly heard a voice in the background saying, "Blessed are those who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed".
It was a push broom and a scoop shovel event to clean up the mess.
Alright then we'll be in touch. We will anyways because I want to ret one of your reels before the spring.
Theron
T_Bone