Right now the weather outside is frightful (35 plus snow), but when it's not so nasty and the river has at least 18-24" of visibility, the streamer bite is on in a big way. This should remain true for the next week or so, shading into the Mother's Day Caddis and then the spring runoff.
Our go-to streamers are the usuals: Woolly Buggers in a variety of sizes and colors. Early in the day, try a PT-Bugger or another bugger with dumb bell eyes to make it ride upside-down, and fish it dead slow. Later, strip and rip. With the dirty water, the fish may well be in six inches of water tight to the banks, so don't hesitate to launch the bugs into cover.
Here are some more esoteric patterns to try now; save the Stacked Blonde for summer. We don't stock any of the patterns below, but if you would like to special order some, I could probably do some direct retail (aka not through the shop) --otherwise they're too time consuming to be worth doing commercially and they won't come cheap anyway.
Our go-to streamers are the usuals: Woolly Buggers in a variety of sizes and colors. Early in the day, try a PT-Bugger or another bugger with dumb bell eyes to make it ride upside-down, and fish it dead slow. Later, strip and rip. With the dirty water, the fish may well be in six inches of water tight to the banks, so don't hesitate to launch the bugs into cover.
Here are some more esoteric patterns to try now; save the Stacked Blonde for summer. We don't stock any of the patterns below, but if you would like to special order some, I could probably do some direct retail (aka not through the shop) --otherwise they're too time consuming to be worth doing commercially and they won't come cheap anyway.
Blogger is screwing with the pictures, so it's best to just post a link to the album: http://s557.photobucket.com/albums/ss16/Kesserendrel/Streamers%20April%2009/
Enjoy!
Tan EZ-Sculpin
Hook: 2xl nymph, #2.
Thread: 3/0 tan Uni.
Wing: gold variant standard rabbit strip, leave long as shank.
Body: golden brown flash chenille.
Gills: red Flashabou.
Head: tan EP streamer brush, trimmed into a wide/flat shape and with top colored with a brown Prismacolor marker.
Other Colors: olive, golden brown, black.
Articulated Chewbacca
Rear Hook: #4 Gamakatsu SP11-3L3H
Thread: 3/0 olive Uni.
Tail: copper Flashabou
Wing: gold variant or natural grizzly rabbit strip.
Body: olive speckled flash chenille.
Joint: 15lb nylon coated wire with three golden-olive 6/0 "E" glass beads.
Front Hook: #2 Gamakatsu SP11-3l3H
Wing: gold variant or natural grizzly rabbit strip.
Body: olive speckled flash chenille.
Legs: three metallic pumpkin Sili-legs on each side.
Head: two clumps of Australian possum, flared, divided by three turns of natural mallard flank.
Olive Circus Peanut
Rear Hook: #6 Gamakatsu SP11-3L3H
Thread: 6/0 olive Uni.
Tail: dark olive marabou with copper Flashabou.
Body: peacock Ice Chenille (or similar flashy chenille).
Hackle: grizzly dyed olive saddle.
Legs: 2-3 olive dun Sili-Legs on each side.
Joint: 15lb nylon coated wire and two golden olive or red 6/0 "E" glass beads.
Front Hook: #4 Gamakatsu SP11-3L3H
Eyes: 3/16" black Spirit River I-Balz.
Tail: olive Chickabou spun around the shank to cover joint, with 3 strands of copper Flashabou on each side.
Body: same as rear hook.
Hackle: same as rear hook.
Legs: same as rear hook.
Collar (optional): olive grizzly Schlappen.
Head: body chenille wrapped around eyes.
Other Colors: tan/natural (sculpin), black, white.
Black LaFontaine's Dropnose Minnow
Hook: Mustad 9672 #4
Bead: 3/16" copper, brass or tungsten.
Weight (optional): .025 tin wire.
Thread: 6/0 black Uni.
Tail: black Marabou and copper Flashabou.
Body: black Ice or other flash chenille.
Underwing: black bucktail (to support wing).
Overwing: black marabou, full, with copper Flashabou.
Head: peacock herl.
Hackle: grizzly wound dry fly style.
Other Colors: olive, white, brown over yellow, gray over white, chartreuse.
Olive Love Bunny
Rear Hook: #4-6 Dai-Riki #810 bass hook.
Thread: 3/0 olive.
Wing: olive variant rabbit strip.
Body: olive speckled flash chenille.
Joint: 15lb nylon coated wire and two translucent golden olive 6/0 "E" beads.
Front Hook: #2 Mustad 9671.
Eyes: Gold 3/16" Spirit River I-Balz.
Wing: olive variant rabbit strip.
Body: olive speckled flash chenille.
Hackle: olive dyed grizzly saddle.
Throat: red Flashabou.
Legs: barred olive Crazy or Sili-Legs.
Collar: olive dyed grizzly Schlappen.
Head: body chenille wrapped around eyes.
Other Colors: black, golden brown, white, gray and white, brown and yellow.
Sylvie Sculpin (variation; original lacks front hook)
Rear Hook: Dai Riki #810 bass hook #4.
Thread: black flat-waxed.
Wing: black rabbit strip (push point of front hook through and tie off on bottom of hook).
Body: black Angel Hair.
Joint: 35lb Power Pro braided line.
Front Hook: #2 Dai Riki #810.
Eyes: black Cyclops.
Throat: red holo Flashabou OR Angel Hair.
Head: black Polar-Aire spun in a dubbing loop, wound forward, and trimmed to shape. --OR-- black sculpin wool and black Polarfiber stack-tied and trimmed to shape. Head shape should be close to cylindrical.
Other Colors: olive, rust, white, natural.
Black Scleech
Stinger: #6 Dai-Riki #135 scud hook.
Joint/Body: 35lb Power Pro covered with eight translucent silver-lined black 6/0 "E" beads.
Front Hook: #4 Dai-Riki #810 bass hook.
Eyes: black 5/32" Spirit River I-Balz.
Wing: black rabbit strip, extending to point of stinger hook (push point of front hook through and tie off on bottom of hook).
Collar: two turns of rabbit used as wing.
Throat: red holo Flashabou.
Dorsal: black Widow's Web.
Head: black Widow's Web spun in a dubbing loop, wound forward, and trimmed to shape.
Other Colors: olive, white, brown and yellow, any "sculpin" combination.
Yellow Galloup's Stacked Blonde
Hook: #4 Mustad keel hook (hard to find, check http://www.fatbluegill.com/).
Thread: Uni Big Fly, yellow.
Body: 3-4 bunches of yellow bucktail and pearl Krystal Flash.
Throat: yellow marabou tied in along keel.
Head: thread coated with several layers of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails, with black lacquer dots for eyes.
Other Colors: black, olive, chartreuse, white, any traditional bucktail combination ("Mickey Finn" yellow-red-yellow would probably work for lake trout or, in small sizes, for brookies, for example).
See http://www.questoutdoors.net/skills/ftying/patterns/streamers/sb/ for instructions.
Tan EZ-Sculpin
Hook: 2xl nymph, #2.
Thread: 3/0 tan Uni.
Wing: gold variant standard rabbit strip, leave long as shank.
Body: golden brown flash chenille.
Gills: red Flashabou.
Head: tan EP streamer brush, trimmed into a wide/flat shape and with top colored with a brown Prismacolor marker.
Other Colors: olive, golden brown, black.
Articulated Chewbacca
Rear Hook: #4 Gamakatsu SP11-3L3H
Thread: 3/0 olive Uni.
Tail: copper Flashabou
Wing: gold variant or natural grizzly rabbit strip.
Body: olive speckled flash chenille.
Joint: 15lb nylon coated wire with three golden-olive 6/0 "E" glass beads.
Front Hook: #2 Gamakatsu SP11-3l3H
Wing: gold variant or natural grizzly rabbit strip.
Body: olive speckled flash chenille.
Legs: three metallic pumpkin Sili-legs on each side.
Head: two clumps of Australian possum, flared, divided by three turns of natural mallard flank.
Olive Circus Peanut
Rear Hook: #6 Gamakatsu SP11-3L3H
Thread: 6/0 olive Uni.
Tail: dark olive marabou with copper Flashabou.
Body: peacock Ice Chenille (or similar flashy chenille).
Hackle: grizzly dyed olive saddle.
Legs: 2-3 olive dun Sili-Legs on each side.
Joint: 15lb nylon coated wire and two golden olive or red 6/0 "E" glass beads.
Front Hook: #4 Gamakatsu SP11-3L3H
Eyes: 3/16" black Spirit River I-Balz.
Tail: olive Chickabou spun around the shank to cover joint, with 3 strands of copper Flashabou on each side.
Body: same as rear hook.
Hackle: same as rear hook.
Legs: same as rear hook.
Collar (optional): olive grizzly Schlappen.
Head: body chenille wrapped around eyes.
Other Colors: tan/natural (sculpin), black, white.
Black LaFontaine's Dropnose Minnow
Hook: Mustad 9672 #4
Bead: 3/16" copper, brass or tungsten.
Weight (optional): .025 tin wire.
Thread: 6/0 black Uni.
Tail: black Marabou and copper Flashabou.
Body: black Ice or other flash chenille.
Underwing: black bucktail (to support wing).
Overwing: black marabou, full, with copper Flashabou.
Head: peacock herl.
Hackle: grizzly wound dry fly style.
Other Colors: olive, white, brown over yellow, gray over white, chartreuse.
Olive Love Bunny
Rear Hook: #4-6 Dai-Riki #810 bass hook.
Thread: 3/0 olive.
Wing: olive variant rabbit strip.
Body: olive speckled flash chenille.
Joint: 15lb nylon coated wire and two translucent golden olive 6/0 "E" beads.
Front Hook: #2 Mustad 9671.
Eyes: Gold 3/16" Spirit River I-Balz.
Wing: olive variant rabbit strip.
Body: olive speckled flash chenille.
Hackle: olive dyed grizzly saddle.
Throat: red Flashabou.
Legs: barred olive Crazy or Sili-Legs.
Collar: olive dyed grizzly Schlappen.
Head: body chenille wrapped around eyes.
Other Colors: black, golden brown, white, gray and white, brown and yellow.
Sylvie Sculpin (variation; original lacks front hook)
Rear Hook: Dai Riki #810 bass hook #4.
Thread: black flat-waxed.
Wing: black rabbit strip (push point of front hook through and tie off on bottom of hook).
Body: black Angel Hair.
Joint: 35lb Power Pro braided line.
Front Hook: #2 Dai Riki #810.
Eyes: black Cyclops.
Throat: red holo Flashabou OR Angel Hair.
Head: black Polar-Aire spun in a dubbing loop, wound forward, and trimmed to shape. --OR-- black sculpin wool and black Polarfiber stack-tied and trimmed to shape. Head shape should be close to cylindrical.
Other Colors: olive, rust, white, natural.
Black Scleech
Stinger: #6 Dai-Riki #135 scud hook.
Joint/Body: 35lb Power Pro covered with eight translucent silver-lined black 6/0 "E" beads.
Front Hook: #4 Dai-Riki #810 bass hook.
Eyes: black 5/32" Spirit River I-Balz.
Wing: black rabbit strip, extending to point of stinger hook (push point of front hook through and tie off on bottom of hook).
Collar: two turns of rabbit used as wing.
Throat: red holo Flashabou.
Dorsal: black Widow's Web.
Head: black Widow's Web spun in a dubbing loop, wound forward, and trimmed to shape.
Other Colors: olive, white, brown and yellow, any "sculpin" combination.
Yellow Galloup's Stacked Blonde
Hook: #4 Mustad keel hook (hard to find, check http://www.fatbluegill.com/).
Thread: Uni Big Fly, yellow.
Body: 3-4 bunches of yellow bucktail and pearl Krystal Flash.
Throat: yellow marabou tied in along keel.
Head: thread coated with several layers of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails, with black lacquer dots for eyes.
Other Colors: black, olive, chartreuse, white, any traditional bucktail combination ("Mickey Finn" yellow-red-yellow would probably work for lake trout or, in small sizes, for brookies, for example).
See http://www.questoutdoors.net/skills/ftying/patterns/streamers/sb/ for instructions.
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