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RASPER STREAMER

HOOK: ANY STREAMER HOOK SIZE 4 TO 10

BEAD: SILVER TUNGSTEN

THREAD: WHITE UNI 3/0

TAIL: WHITE RABBIT & PEARL KRYSTAL FLASH

RIB: 10 LB MONO

BODY: PEARL MYLER TINSEL

THROAT: RED MARABOU FIBERS

WING: WHITE OR BADGER COCK HACKLES

THORAX: WHITE RABBIT IN A DUBBING LOOP

COLLAR: PEARL ICE DUB

• MASH DOWN THE BARB
• SLIDE ON THE BEAD
• START THE THREAD RIGHT BEHIND THE BEAD
• TIE IN THE RIB AND SECURE WITH TOUCHING TURNS ON THE UNDERSIDE DOWN TO THE BEND
• TIE IN TAIL MATERIAL AND WIND THREAD FORMING A SMOOTH UNDERBODY BACK TO JUST BEHIND THE BEAD
• TIE IN THE PEARL TINSEL AND WRAP IN TOUCHING TURNS TO THE BEND AND BACK TO THE BEAD
• COUNTER WRAP THE RIB WITH 6 TO 8 TURNS AND TIE OFF
• TIE IN THE THROAT FIBERS TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOOK JUST BEHIND THE BEAD
• TIE IN THE WING USING 2 TO 4 HACKLES
• FORM A DUBBING LOOP OR SPLIT THREAD AND INSERT THE RABBIT FIBERS AND WRAP 2 TO 3 TURNS STROKING THE FIBERS BACK AS YOU WRAP
• DUB A SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE DUB TO FORM COLLAR
• TIE OFF AND WHIP FINISH

I FISH THIS FLY AS I WOULD ANY STREAMER AND THERE IS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT A WHITE STREAMER THAT DRIVES FISH NUTS. I TIE IT IN SEVERAL SIZES FROM 4 T0 10 AND SEVERAL COLORS AS WELL BLACK, OLIVE, & BROWN. IT ALSO MAKES A GREAT BASS AND PIKE FLY THE MONO RIB GIVES IT FANTASTIC DURABILITY.

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