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Post by FlyManDan on Apr 16, 2007 21:37:52 GMT -5
For those gentlemen that like to toss streamers from time to time as I do, what hook sizes do you have in your arsenal? Secondly which streamers do you prefer for our area? I tend to use black ghosts, grey ghosts, hornbergs, and muddlers in sizes 8 and 10.
Dan
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Post by jskowron on Apr 17, 2007 6:03:37 GMT -5
Sizes 8-12
hornbergs, mickey finns, royal coachman, black nose dace, muddlers, picket pins, and llamas.
like the hornberg, the llamas also work fished dry
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Post by Mark Patenaude on Apr 17, 2007 8:02:10 GMT -5
I love fishing streamers.
I carry a good amount of:
Zoo Cougars
Madonnas
Pass Lakes
Hornbergs
Clousers
E.P. Minnows
Bunny Strip Streamers
Mickey Finns
Black Nosed Dace
Llamas
Zonkers
Matukas
Slump Busters (a.k.a. Pine Cones)
and a few others
Sizes: 2,4,6, and rarely go smaller than 8. Streamers are a big fish fly.
Mark
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Post by hsweren on Apr 17, 2007 8:46:40 GMT -5
Streamers in the spring.
I always start out with streamers in the spring. I use alot of Hornbergs, muddler minnows, wooly buggers, and bucktail streamers all tied on an extra long shank hook in sizes 14 thru 8.
I've used them on the Deerfield, Westfield, Hoosatonic and a few NH rivers with great success.
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Post by jlibs on Apr 17, 2007 11:34:16 GMT -5
I am partial to size 4 in XLong hook for Mickey Finn and Black Nosed Dace. The guys I fish with prefer smaller hooks, but I prefer to go big for the big fish and I'm ok with fewer fish on occassion.
JLIBS
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Post by jskowron on Apr 21, 2007 7:34:30 GMT -5
Dan, Not the greatest picture, but it should give you the idea. I've used squirrel tail instead of woodchuck for the wing, and I skip the laquered eye. I was standing on the bank o the Upper Androscoggin a the beginning of a fishing trip, eating a donut and drinking coffee with my line dangling in the water a few feet downstream with a Llama tied on. When I finihed my donut and pulled in my line to heal into the pool, I discover that a nice brookie was hooked on. The Llama is one of those multi-task patterns (like the hornberg) that can represent a lot of things. If tied with stiffer grizzly hackle, it will float a little better and can be fished on top. Smaller ones can represent bigger stoneflys pretty well.  |
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