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Little Brown Trout

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

Classic Recipe

  • Hook 6XL streamer, 4-10
  • Thread black 6/0

Materials

  • Tail Ringneck pheasant breast feather fibers (small bunch)
  • Body White or cream floss (or cream fur) (1 strand)
  • Rib Flat gold tinsel (1 length)
  • Wing layer 1 Yellow bucktail (sparse)
  • Wing layer 2 Orange and red bucktail, mixed (sparse)
  • Wing layer 3 Red fox squirrel tail (sparse)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base to the bend and tie in a short tail of mottled pheasant breast fibers, about half a shank length.
  2. Tie in the gold tinsel rib, then the floss; wrap a slim, even floss body forward to the 80% mark.
  3. Rib the body with 5-6 evenly spaced turns of gold tinsel and tie off.
  4. Tie in a sparse wing of yellow bucktail extending to the tail tip. Sparse is the rule for the whole wing, since trout fry are translucent.
  5. Layer a slightly sparser mix of orange and red bucktail over the yellow, suggesting the brown trout's spotted golden flank.
  6. Top with red fox squirrel tail for the mottled brown back, build a neat head, whip finish, and lacquer.

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