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Savage Fox Micro Streamer

Streamer · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Tyer Recipe

  • Hook 4x-long, 1x-strong streamer, barbless, #8-12 (tied here on a #10)
  • Thread Black 6/0 or 70 denier

Materials

  • Tinsel Silver (holographic used here; plain is fine) (Large, 1 length (body))
  • Bucktail Orange (any color works) (1 small tuft (lower wing))
  • Crystal flash Black holographic tinsel (A few strands (lateral line; a thin tuft of black bucktail substitutes))
  • Arctic fox White uni stretch (1 medium tuft, tied long (wing))
  • UV resin (1 big drop)

How to tie it

  1. Pinch the barb, start black thread, and lay a base back to about the start of the bend.
  2. Return the thread to a couple of eye-lengths behind the eye and tie in large silver tinsel.
  3. Wrap the tinsel back to the bend and forward again in touching turns to the tie-in point; secure with a couple of wraps.
  4. Tie a small tuft of orange bucktail on top of the shank, corded thread first to keep it from flaring; take a wrap under the bunch to stop it rolling around the shank, then trim the butts.
  5. Tie in a few strands of black crystal flash directly over the bucktail to suggest a lateral line and add a hint of flash.
  6. Tie in a medium tuft of white arctic fox on top, fairly long, leaving room for a big streamer head; take a couple of tight wraps back and then forward, and snip the fluff off the front.
  7. Build a nice-sized streamer head with the thread and whip finish.
  8. Add a big drop of UV resin, cure it under the light for 10-15 seconds while spinning the fly, for a hard shiny head.

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