Information about Streamers & Bucktails flies
Streamer Flies are created to imitate the prey preferred by the bigger fish. They are a simple pattern that has fluidity in the water, appealing movement and a general overall attractiveness.
Bucktails are streamers tied with hair wings instead of feathers They are more suitable for fishing in broad, fast waters; typically imitations of anything which is long, thin, and mobile.
Montana Hot Green Marabou
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Flybox Code:2397
Hook Sizes: 10, 12
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
Exciting hybrid, Montana with a 'Hot' tail.
Good searching pattern, seeks out those browns and rainbows.
Montana Hot Orange Marabou
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Flybox Code:2394
Hook Sizes: 10
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
Exciting hybrid, Montana with a 'Hot' tail.
Good searching pattern, seeks out those browns and rainbows.
UV Polar Bear Bronze
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Flybox Code:3140
Hook Sizes: 10
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
Our UV Polar Bear series will tempt trout on even the hardest of days!
UV Polar Bear White
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Flybox Code:3141
Hook Sizes: 10
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
Our UV Polar Bear series will tempt trout on even the hardest of days!
Ace of Spades
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Flybox Code:837
Trade Only
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A Matuka style lure devised by Dave Collyer of Surrey, England. A killing pattern when fished slow and deep; retrieve with intermittent pauses.
Aztec
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Flybox Code:786
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I would hate to be without this pattern when fry are moving
Badger Streamer
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Flybox Code:1337
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The Badger Streamer is popular attractor pattern. Tied to imitate fry.
Black & Orange
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Flybox Code:840
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A splended stillwater fly created by Taff Price; a well known respected writer and international fly fisherman.
Work it near the bottom with a gentle figure of eight retrieve.
Black Ghost
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Flybox Code:1338
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The Black Ghost was once very popular as a streamer, although it is still a killing lure more durable dressing tend to be tied.
Black Growler
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Flybox Code:1823
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The Black Growler Nymph has a flashy body and a bright thorax, best fished slowly along the bottom, with short intermittent pulls to activate the long black marabou tail
Black Lure
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Flybox Code:1828
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A simple and effective streamer pattern that can be used on stillwaters, the colour black suggests a good representative of leeches. Fish deep and slow early in the season and higher in the water with a quicker retrieve during warmer weather.
Black Nosed Dace
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Flybox Code:960
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This very durable streamer was developed by Art Flick. It represents the small dace which are found in abundance in Catskill streams.
Trout are very fond of these little minnows.
Information By Ralph Graves
Black Nosed Dace
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Flybox Code:1322
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It originally created by Art to represent the small dace which are found in abundance in Catskill streams. It works on all waters where there are fry
Black Vixen
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Flybox Code:1415
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The 'Black Vixen'should ideally be fished on a floating line with a leader of about 3 m (10ft) or more. After the fly has sunk to the required depth, the retrieve should be in short pull of about half a metre (2ft), pause, some light twitchess, another pull, pause and so on. This will activate the tail section, adding lifelike realism.
This fly is one of the most prodigious killers in modern fishing - Trevor
Bumblepuppy
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Flybox Code:961
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This streamer was first developed by Theodore Gordon for bass and as a night fly for large trout. Gordon changed this fly some during stages of dvelopment and herman Christian, a fishing companion of Gordons', did some alteration of his own
Information by Allan Podell
Cats Whisker
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Flybox Code:1129
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The Cats Whisker has found a permanent place in most reservoir and stillwater flyboxes. A great allround fly for those hard days.
Chief Needebah
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Flybox Code:1106
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The Chief Needebah is an older attractor streamer pattern that has accounted for many, many trout over the years and still can today, although not as simple to tie nor as robust as a bucktail
Damsel Marabou Brown
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Flybox Code:2395
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Damsel Marabou is one of the most popular trout lake and reservoir lures in the UK and Europe.
The damselfly nymph comes into its own in summer months when main feeding occurs.
Try the edges of weedbeds for trout patrolling close in for this food.
In summer months when the mass migration of Damselfly nymphs occurs, use a floating line and long leader with a slow figure of eight retrieve or a series of short twitches.
The rest of the year can produce using an intermediate or sinking line with a varied rate of retrieve.
Dawson's Olive
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Flybox Code:2137
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The Dawson's Olive is a renowned North England lure. It has worked favourably on stillwaters throughout the UK on a floating line with a slow and jerky retrieve - twitching its tail !!
Edson Light Tiger
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Flybox Code:1335
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The Edson Light Tiger was devised by William R Edson in the 1920s' and has proved a prolific killer of brown and rainbow trout on American waters, also it has been successful when used on the stillwaters of the UK.
Elwes Little Dart
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Flybox Code:3050
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Elwyn's Lure
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Flybox Code:806
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The fluorescent green is a very attractive to trout and occasional orange is the only colour the fish seem interested in. The two colours can often a killing pattern as this lures has prroved to be.
Works well in coloured water
In his younger days Elwyn excelled in the physical challenge of rugby and succumb to the gentler allure of fly fishing later in life
Kennebago Smelt
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Flybox Code:1290
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Remember the rule of “bright flies on bright days, dark flies on dark days” and you’ll be way ahead of the game.
On dark days the “Kennebago Smelt” comes immediately to mind
Leprechaun
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Flybox Code:1839
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The Leprechaun with its colourful fluorescent quality is a great fly to fish slow and deep on mid summer days when the algae in the water.
Mandy's Snake
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Flybox Code:3041
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Snake patterns were developed for Sea Trout and are extremely successful.
I tried Mandy's Snake in my local stillwater with amazing results.
I have quietly fished this pattern on various waters and each time - given I get the feeding depth right -
It is a fish killer.
Mickey Finn
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Flybox Code:1323
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The Mickey Finn is an American long lasting and proven streamer pattern.
It is versatile pattern killing trout on American rivers, in UK stillwaters and tied larger a good salmon fly
Orange Chenille
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Flybox Code:1128
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A classic variant of Bob Church's Black Chenille, a forerunner of the marabuo dressing.
Rangeley Favourite
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Flybox Code:1288
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Carrie Stevens (1882-1970) of upper Dam, Maine, created some of the most beautiful and enduring streamer patterns ever, including the legendary Gray Ghost and Rangeley Favourite which she designed to catch the giant brook trout and landlocked salmon of the Rangeley Lakes
Ripogenous Smelt
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Flybox Code:1273
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The Ripogenous Smelt is an attractor streamer pattern.
Royal Coachman Bucktail
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Flybox Code:1326
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A very popular bucktail streamer pattern and deservedly so.
Silver Darter
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Flybox Code:1339
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An excellent variation of Lew Oatmen's classic streamer, tied to imitate fry.
Silver Darter
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Flybox Code:1336
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A North American classic streamer by the highly creative fly tier Lew Oatman, imitating fry.
Sweeney Todd
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Flybox Code:1414
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Although Richard Walker is generally given credit for the Sweeney Todd, Peter Thomas certainly helped in its development.
Only by accident or mistake should any stillwater fly fisher leave this excitingly killing lure out of the flybox.
Thunder Creek
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Flybox Code:1332
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Keith Fulsher of Eastchester New York created the Thunder Creek series.
This bucktail series of fly lures, in all their various dressings, cover a wide range of fry.
Thunder Creek Red Fin
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Flybox Code:1334
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Keith Fulsher of Eastchester New York created the Thunder Creek series.
This bucktail series of fly lures, in all their various dressings, cover a wide range of fry.
Thunder Creek Silver Shiner
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Flybox Code:1333
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Keith Fulsher of Eastchester New York created the Thunder Creek series.
This bucktail series of fly lures, in all their various dressings, cover a wide range of fry.
Trout Clouser
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Flybox Code:1997
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The saltwater pattern dressed for stillwater trout
Trout Deciever
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Flybox Code:1996
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The saltwater pattern dressed for stillwater trout
Viva
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Flybox Code:1121
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The Viva has brightened many a stillwater angler day and has become a standard in the flyboxes.
It can be fished deep and slow on slime lime or intermediate; fast and higher in the water - find where the fish are is always the secret and let the Viva loose !
Viva
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Flybox Code:1243
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Robin's an exciting variant of the old standard , dressing of the wing being rabbit fur to give extra movement.
Walker's Killer
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Flybox Code:2207
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The Walker's Killer popularity in South Africa was infectious and now many UK stillwater anglers have had good days sport thanks to this pattern.
Whisky Fly
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Flybox Code:1105
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The Whisk fly was created by Albert Willock for his local reservoir , its potential as a good utility lure was very quickly realised, quick its fame spread and its was killing rainbows on various waters. It works along the bottom slowly and just as well on a fast retieve just below the surface.
White Chenille
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Flybox Code:1833
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A tried and proven variant of Bob Church's Black Chenille, a forerunner of the marabuo dressing.
Witch Black and Olive
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Flybox Code:2917
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