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Black Ghost Streamer

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Pike · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook 4X-6X long streamer hook, 2-10
  • Thread Black 70 denier

Materials

  • Tail Yellow hen/rooster hackle fibers (short tuft)
  • Rib Medium flat silver tinsel (1 length)
  • Body Black floss or Uni-Stretch (as needed)
  • Beard/throat Yellow hackle fibers (small bunch)
  • Wing 4 white rooster neck hackles (4)
  • Eyes Jungle cock (optional) (1 pair)

How to tie it

  1. Tie in a tuft of yellow hackle fibers as a tail at the bend, then tie in the silver tinsel rib.
  2. Build a smooth, slim black floss body from tail to just behind the eye.
  3. Spiral the silver tinsel forward in 5 evenly spaced turns and tie off for a bright ribbed body.
  4. Tie in a beard of yellow hackle fibers under the throat, reaching to about the hook point.
  5. Match four white rooster neck hackles into a wing tied flat over the back, extending to the end of the tail, so it undulates like a baitfish.
  6. Add small jungle cock eyes on each side if desired, build a neat black head, whip finish and cement.

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