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Great review of selecting feathers for streamers. Thanks, Don!!
A few weeks ago I was tying 16 Carrie Stevens streamer patterns, actually about ten different patterns, for a few orders. While doing that I thought, as I had previously, that I get lots of questions as to what is the best hackle, where can they be found, etc., the choice of hackles, and what is best, decent, mediocre, and useless (except perhaps for Buggers, poppers, salt water flies, and cat toys), came into my mind. I took some pics of the stuff I use, this is by far not all of it, but the pictures here and comments will hopefully help you to select and maybe even find some good to better to best feathers to use.
Some of these packages are available, you can find them in your area fly shops, or maybe have a friend look for you, or even mail order them, but in the latter…
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Predator hunting tips for big fish.
Big White River brown like big meat
(Big Trout) are like grizzlies; a lot of animals walk past grizzlies and don’t get eaten, but you put an idiot in Yellowstone who runs from a bear and trips over himself and the next day you have a compelling headline in the Bozeman Chronicle. Big fish are like that; they are programmed to feed only at certain times so you need a bunch of trigger-points to get them to eat when otherwise they wouldn’t _ Kelly Galloup in Angler’s Tonic”
A good read on the thought processes inside the head of Streamer Guru Kelly Galloup over on Greg Thomas’ Angler’s Tonic blog.
We only have a limited number of seat left for our January 31 Kelly Galloup Streamer Tying Class ahead of the Streamer Lovefest.
Its going to be a blast with a host of great tiers in town.
