STREAMER OR PULLING FLIES

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(STREAMER, PULLING FLY, LOCH STYLE FLY, ATTRACTOR FLY OR SALMON TYPE FLY)

At the 2003 Australian Fly Fishing Championships held at Mt. Beauty this was one of the few flies that produced more than one fish. It is a favourite fly at Lake Bullen Merri where it gets its name BM Special. Because of its history of success it is often regarded as a quintessential Rainbow trout fly by many Victorian fly fishers. The original is tied with flat tinsel as per the first diagram my variant is tied with round tinsel which doubles up as a dubbing loop.
 

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MATERIALS:

Hook -  Size 8 to 10
Head -  Glass bead
Thread  - Clear Mono
Tail  - Synthetic  Living Fibre (SLF) in choice of colours
Weight - Lead as required
Ribbing - Silver round tinsel
Body -  SLF teased out at the top and bottom
Collar - Red Floss

A) Place bead on hook & fix hook into vice. Wind the thread in touching turns from behind the bead to the bend of the hook. Tease out a bunch of SLF and tie in a tail about 3/4 the length of the hook shank.
B) Use dubbing of a similar colour to build up a slightly wedge shaped body. Tie in the tinsel as a dubbing loop. Take the thread forward to behind the bead.
C) Load the tinsel up with SLF making sure that its equally distributed along the length of the loop.
D) Twist the loaded dubbing loop into a rope.
E) Wind the tinsel and SLF rope along the shank of the hook to the bead in touching turns. Tie the dubbing rope off and trim the excess. Tie in a length of red floss directly behind the bead.
D) Wind the red floss forming a collar directly behind the bead. Tie the floss off with the clear mono and trim the excess. Apply head cement over the bead and collar. Tease out a bit of SLF on the top and bottom of the fly to form a nice smelt shape.