I’ve been playing a bit with streamers this past winter, when schedule conflicts and “ice in” kept me from fishing for six weeks. It was a long six weeks, let me tell you. But, it let me play around at the vise. When I saw some rabbit zonker strips at a cheap price, I bought
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The JT Special Streamer (Re-Visited)
TL;DR: A good streamer for the Swift and Westfield rivers. When I was new to fly tying, I made a white marabou streamer for situations when I wanted to see the take. It miraculously worked (N.B.: many, many of my flies have been duds!), and I wrote a post about it. The JT Special has
A Great Streamer for Trout: The JT Special
I’m not sure why trout key in on certain patterns, but I’ve had really good luck with a white marabou streamer. On one of my first fly fishing outings, up in Pittsburg, NH, I landed a 5 lb. Brookie with one. The streamer has also done well for me on rivers such as the Swift