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This months pattern
was shown to me while night fishing on Taneycomo. I
also watched Joe Shoemacker (from WAPSI)
tie this fly. It has been a big seller
and one of my first flies I use when Streamer fishing for trout,
panfish,
smallies, large mouth bass and crappies. I
strip or swing this fly in all types of waters.
GOOD LUCK
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Ingredients
Hook- MUSTAD 9672 #2
- #14 or any streamer hook (size #8 most commom)
Thread -6/0 color to match body
Weight - Bead Head (size appropriate ) or .025 lead or cone head
Tail - Pine Squirrel strips, any color (they all work)
Body - same Pine Squirrel strip
Collar - optional
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Step 1
Tie on thread and
coat hook shank with thread before bend and tie on Pine Squirrel strip
(liair
side
up). Wrap about 10 times.
Keep strip on top of hook shank
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Step 2
Wrap on .025 lead and
wrap thread throught lead numerous times (to keep lead from sliding
around)
You will end up the
the thread at the hook eye
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Step 4
Palmer Pine Squirrel
strip around hook shank (every time you wrap the strip around the hook
shank
pull previous wrapped hair back towards the tail with opposite hand) This makes the hair flow back towards
the
tail. When you reach the head of the fly
wrap the thread through hair at least 5-6 times.
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Finished Pine Cone
Cut off extra strip of pine squirrel and with opposite hand stroke back
of hair at the head of the fly and wrap
numerous times to form a head. Then use head cement on the thread
at the head of the fly.
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Assortment of Pine Cones in different
sizes and colors
Tight lines
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