Streamer~too homely, too obvious (but it has always worked)

Date: August 16, 2008Author: SwittersB & Exploring 0 Comments

I have tied this fly for years. It has caught Chinook, Silvers, Steelhead, Chum, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Atlantic Salmon (Hosmer/East L’s) and it may seem too simplistic in its’ appearance to work. Yet it has, whether stripped, swung, tumbled or retrieved in lazy, daydreaming 6″ pumps. I have sometimes overdone the bilious blue over wing like an over made up whore. But, it does not matter, too much makeup or not, the lines are pretty good. Extend the overwings a bit, but the same obvious colors have remained.

Check out the link below to the Minnow Bugger. This is also a great minnow pattern in more subdued tones.