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Stayner Ducktails

Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:10 am
by nfrechet
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Stayner Ducktail - Blonde

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent
Thread – Black
Tail – Orange hackle fibers
Body - Yellow and dark olive variegated chenille, sizes medium or small
Ribbing – Flat gold tinsel
Beard - Orange hackle fibers
Wing - Wood duck dyed mallard flank feather, tied flat, reaching to end of tail

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Stayner Ducktail

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Orange hackle fibers
Body - Dark olive chenille, sizes medium or small
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Beard - Orange hackle fiber
Wing - Natural mallard flank feather, tied flat, reaching to end of tail

Re: Stayner Ducktails

Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:52 am
by ronr
really nice... I don't often fish winged wets.. but these I may have to try. Another I have tied and used is Preston Jenning's Stonefly Creeper... pretty similar fly to these.

Re: Stayner Ducktails

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:10 pm
by Mike62
In my next life I want to come back and be able to tie wings like Norm does.

Re: Stayner Ducktails

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 2:45 am
by redietz
Seems like a similar idea to the Wood Special and Joe's Smelt.

Let me guess -- it's a Maine pattern?

Good looking in any event.

Re: Stayner Ducktails

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:08 am
by nfrechet
yes and i'm sure many other patterns

actually from idaho

https://www.panfishonthefly.com/blog/20 ... r-ducktail

Re: Stayner Ducktails

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 5:50 am
by kacbo
what a beautiful streamer...

Re: Stayner Ducktails

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:36 am
by ronr

this will take you to a youtube video of the stonefly creeper

Re: Stayner Ducktails

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:07 am
by Fishnkilts
That's incredible looking.

I swear, one of these days I will ALMOST tie as well as you.

Re: Stayner Ducktails

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 4:04 pm
by Roadkill
As mentioned in nfrechet's Idaho link, here is a simple 4X long #8 Sheep Creek Special (Biggs Fly) as found in Marv Taylor's 1979 book FLOAT-TUBES, FLY RODS and other essays.

ImageRIMG2519 by William Lovelace, on Flickr