Category: Streamers
Fly Tying the Primitive Chicken Streamer – Ringneck Pheasant Fly Patterns
Created by Daryl Allen of Pennsylvania, the Primitive Chicken streamer is a marabou wing streamer tied in the classic feather-wing style. Hook: 5x-6x long streamerThread:…
The Catskill Bucktail – Fly Tying Mike Valla’s Classic Streamer Series
An elegant easy-to-tie bucktail streamer from Mike Valla’s “Classic Streamer Fly Box.” The Catskill only needs three materials: silver tinsel, bucktail and peacock herl. Hook:…
The Hoag Favorite – Fly Tying Mike Valla’s Classic Streamer Series
From Mike Valla’s “Classic Streamer Fly Box,” the Hoag Favorite is an elegant feather-wing streamer that can be a great fish-catcher in any water where…
Otto’s Dragon – Fly Tying a Hairwing Streamer
Designed in September 2020, and named for Otto Julian, Otto’s Dragon is similar to many classic hairwing streamers. This specific streamer pattern is tied with…
Haines Lake Shiner – Fly Tying a Traditional Feather Wing Streamer
As one of the viewer-submitted flies, the Haines Lake Shiner is an original pattern created by Jim Vatter of Pennsylvania. This streamer pattern is an…
Woolly Worm – Fly Tying Appalachian/Great Smoky Mountain Trout Flies
Originally created as a bass fly in the Ozarks, the woolly worm has been an effective trout-catching pattern since the 1950s when Don Martinez of…
Stanley’s Grizzly – Appalachian Trout Flies
An original Great Smoky Mountain pattern created by Stanley Tuttle of Lenoir, NC, this year-round fly can be fished as a streamer or wet fly….
Green Squirrel Badger – Fly Tying Maryland Streamers
This pattern created in 2019 has been one of my more successful streamers in the tailwaters of Maryland. The body and tail colors can be…
The Owego Streamer – From Mike Valla’s Classic Streamer Flybox
Little is known about this feather-wing streamer from Mike Valla’s “Classic Streamer Fly Box.” The pattern is named after Owego Creek up near Ithaca, NY…
The Beaverkill – From Mike Valla’s Classic Streamer Flybox
The first streamer in my series on Mike Valla’s “Classic Streamer Fly Box.” The Beaverkill streamer is a simple but elegant fly that can imitate…
