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Maple Syrup

Streamer · Trout · Steelhead · Beginner · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 3X-4X long streamer or nymph hook, 10 (range 10-18)
  • Thread Red 70 denier

Materials

  • Calf tail (kip tail) Yellow calf tail dyed (small tuft)
  • Chenille Tan chenille (body)

How to tie it

  1. Mount a 3X-long streamer hook and take red thread back to the bend. Tie in a small tuft of yellow calf tail about a hook-gap long with a pinch wrap, then a couple of wraps behind it.
  2. Leave the calf-tail butts in place to bulk the underbody; secure them with a few loose wraps, then tight wraps forward to build a thick, even underbody, and trim the front butts neat.
  3. Tie in tan chenille at the rear. If it is finer than you'd like, lay it back and forth in a couple of open layers to thicken the underbody, then wrap it forward in touching turns almost to the eye and tie off.
  4. Build a red thread head over the chenille tie-off to cover the wraps, then whip finish.

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