The Freshwater Streamer Gamechanger Fly Pattern Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- In this video, I will show how I like to tie the stiffer fiber feather gamechangers. I tried to save your lives by speeding up sections of the video that seems repetitive, but even by doing that, it is still 30 minutes long. It took about 48 minutes to tie a 5.5" Gamechanger so plan accordingly when you are doing your own. This is a fly that sometimes I have walked away with and come back the next day or sometime during the week to finish.
But there is nothing I love to do more than attempt tying Feather Gamechangers. Blane had it right when he mastered this pattern and it is a proven pattern that simply has great movement and catches fish. With the availability of Hackle feathers these days, synthetic materials, and much much more, the creation of Gamechanger patterns and movement is pretty much endless in my opinion.
A couple years ago, I was introduced to the American Hackle line by Whiting Farms. I was using the rooster feather saddles to tie up some mini gamechangers because I loved how long the feathers were, and also that you didn't have to use 20 soft hackle feathers to cover a 20 mm shank. This new line of feathers used in this video, but Whiting Farms, the Freshwater Streamer is a cross breed with the American Line, but shorter feathers in fiber length and also overall feather length. This is the perfect feather I have been looking for.
The feather may not be as long, but if you want to endure the 30 minute video, one thing you will notice is that there is minimal fluff on a feather. This is awesome. Not only do you use the whole feather almost from tip to butt end, but even the small amount of fluff can be tied in to increase the contrasting fibers and creating the ultimate combination. Maybe I just got a premium cape, but I am very impressed.
The Recipe:
Hook: #ahrexhooks FW320 size 2 and TP610 size 2/0
Thread: #semperfliflytying
Shanks: 2 x 15 mm, 1 x 20 mm
Tail: #whitingfarms Herbert Miner black
Body: #whitingfarms Freshwater Streamer silver badger
Head: 1 x American Hackle black
Eyes: #harelinedubbin 3D 3/8 eyes
Resin: #semperfliflytying no tack UV
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sven I'm the instagram subscriber who asked for the video. Thank you for your work. I'm impressed with your work. Thank you.
Chief Lizard awesome. Yeah I already had the video going but processing on my computer takes forever sometimes. (Especially when this file was 56 GB)
Great Fly! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching
nice tie, as aways ;)
Keep it up, love your flies and videos
Thank you
Great tutorial and very nice fly, I have been using the malin 60lb coated wire to connect the main hook, it forms a solid loop that stays in place, maybe your way will give a bit more movement, I’ll have to try it out 👍.
Thanks for watching. I’ve started using more metal loops now as well.
Really nice. Color scheme is great. Have you ever used tab eyes from Pro Spot Fisher. Can keep the round profile. Thanks great video. Nice job
No I haven’t. I’ll have to order some in
Excellent video very informative. Just wondering why you didn't use a black feather at each junction to hide the connection.
You could do that. So many possibilities and variations. Would give it a much darker appearance doing that but usually when doing a feather at each junction I am using a synthetic material for the body
Great video! Great now I have to tie this one (ha). Do you think the movement of the fly would change without eyes - keeping a fuller head?
Should be very similar without the eyes. Weighted material would affect the fly on the rest and how it swims. But I think you are just talking about making more hackle wraps or adding a synthetic blend to the head
where did you get the feathers from..i wanna tie some of these, i still have r2 in queue to tie.. lol i need more tying time
bert19761 I got them on a special order from whiting farms. You just got to ask your whiting dealer to order them in. Don’t know why the shops are not stocking them yet