I lived in Winthrop Ma. For twenty years and was lucky enough to have fished with Jack several times at Deer Island. What a great guy. I caught a lot of stripers with his patterns.
Very nice fly. I watched this earlier today and made my own version using wild ruffed grouse smallish marabou (nice greyish color) and soft hackle. Came out excellent. Tied the first couple unweighted like in the video. Doing 2 more shortly, but weighted... Just put on a hot pink bead head and 15 wraps of .020 with a dab of super glue onto 2 hooks and they're drying now. I don't see the extra bulk as a big issue given the hook gap is good sized. Will see how the weighted ones look shortly. :-)
It's a very nice and mobile streamer, but one disadvantage, in my perception, is that adding weight to the body would pretty much make such a wrapped soft-hackle pattern ungainly (if not impossible) to tie. Weighting would require a drilled bead or cone, which might not produce the desired profile or action. As a sunk-line pattern it would do well.
I bought a Whiting pelt with chickabou and several of the feathers near the pelt were greasy. Is this common with these pelts to do some cleanup when you instead open the package?
I'm told featheremporium.com has them in stock and shannonsflyandtackle.com will have them shortly. Whiting Farms doesn't sell directly to the public. Brahma Hen Soft Hackle with Chickabou pelts also work well for this fly, you just can't tie them quite as large as you can with the CDL pelts.
Another great video. You're my go to source for fly tying videos.
I lived in Winthrop Ma. For twenty years and was lucky enough to have fished with Jack several times at Deer Island. What a great guy. I caught a lot of stripers with his patterns.
Very nice looks good in the water ,will tie some for myself
Very nice fly. I watched this earlier today and made my own version using wild ruffed grouse smallish marabou (nice greyish color) and soft hackle. Came out excellent. Tied the first couple unweighted like in the video. Doing 2 more shortly, but weighted... Just put on a hot pink bead head and 15 wraps of .020 with a dab of super glue onto 2 hooks and they're drying now. I don't see the extra bulk as a big issue given the hook gap is good sized. Will see how the weighted ones look shortly. :-)
I have tied up a dozen in 3 colours tonight, the local perch shall have a taste tomorrow. News to follow.
I love softhackle streamers.
Nice work thank you
The Vermonter
It's a very nice and mobile streamer, but one disadvantage, in my perception, is that adding weight to the body would pretty much make such a wrapped soft-hackle pattern ungainly (if not impossible) to tie. Weighting would require a drilled bead or cone, which might not produce the desired profile or action. As a sunk-line pattern it would do well.
With this pattern in particular, I greatly prefer adding weight (if it is needed) to the leader. In line weights like Boss Tin Stix work really well.
I bought a Whiting pelt with chickabou and several of the feathers near the pelt were greasy. Is this common with these pelts to do some cleanup when you instead open the package?
You can add lead to the pattern without making it bulky. Thin rolled lead or if you can find flat lead on a roll it adds little bulk.
I add tungsten wire on the hook shank for additional weight and little bulk as compared to adding lead.
what's the difference between the two tie in points between the first few feathers and the last collar one? why would you choose one vs the other?
Very nice!!!!
In pure white, this would kill the snook in Sanibel
Thinking about white with a red head for stripers and sand bass in Texoma.
Where do you buy these Whiting Soft Hackle with Chickabou pelts?
I'm told featheremporium.com has them in stock and shannonsflyandtackle.com will have them shortly. Whiting Farms doesn't sell directly to the public. Brahma Hen Soft Hackle with Chickabou pelts also work well for this fly, you just can't tie them quite as large as you can with the CDL pelts.