Champlain Special

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nfrechet
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Champlain Special

Post by nfrechet » Mon Oct 24, 2022 7:41 am

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Champlain Special

Trolling Streamer

Hook - Mustad 9575. size 2-10
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Medium flat gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Throat - Red hackle fibers (Schlappen)
Wing - White bucktail, then yellow bucktail (both sparse), then topped with five or six strands of peacock herl

REMARKS: This pattern was rediscovered by Rodney Flagg in an old Outdoor Life magazine. It has proven to be one of his most successful streamers. It is also tied in tandem as a trolling streamer.

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Re: Champlain Special

Post by DOUGSDEN » Mon Oct 24, 2022 9:25 pm

Norm,
There it is....Perfection! What a pretty looking streamer! It has great catch-ability! Thank you for sharing this with us!
Doug
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Re: Champlain Special

Post by nfrechet » Tue Oct 25, 2022 6:24 am

thank you and youre welcome
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Re: Champlain Special

Post by DarrellP » Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:04 am

Love these old Bucktails and streamers
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Re: Champlain Special

Post by Ron Eagle Elk » Thu Oct 27, 2022 5:52 am

Wonderful fly, Norm. I keep coming back again and again to look at it. It looks so much like a baby brook trout, or possibly what's called a yellow perch here. I'll bet that would get slammed in a beaver pond or a local lake. Beautifully dressed.
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Re: Champlain Special

Post by letumgo » Thu Oct 27, 2022 11:38 am

The herl overwing is phenomenal. Some of the nicest herl I’ve seen.

I’d still fish this piece of art, but probably with hesitation. Such a beautiful dressing.
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