Winter Fly Swap - Streamers

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, tjm said:

 doesn't a streamer have to have a floss body and jungle cock cheeks?

               Nope and I think streamer is covered by all so far in this swap

 

noun Angling.

an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.

streamer fly noun : any large wet fisherman's fly with long streamer feathers, hair, or other appendages extending out behind the hook and from the head

What is a Streamer in Fly Fishing?

A Streamer is a fly (lure) used in fly fishing that simulates a bait. Examples of what a streamer imitates: minnows, shad, crayfish and other aquatic bugs. Streamers are typically made with a hook wrapped in natural (feathers and fur) or synthetics materials like polyester and Mylar. Streamer Fishing is the ACT of fly casting and retrieving the streamer fly.

[nomolites]

If I had a jungle cock….

 

(not the place)

Mike

[mic]

My fish candy.  Not great at pics. I got two of ten done. I picked a UV marabou because of the normal color, not UV.  I threw a UV light on it and it turns slightly purple.  Interesting.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, nomolites said:

If I had a jungle cock....

Be glad you don't.   Because I do, and everytime I walk through an apple orchard it picks them up and shoves them up my butt.  

[fishinwrench]

56 minutes ago, mic said:

My fish candy.  Not great at pics. I got two of ten done.

Hey, that's pretty sexy! 

  -------, I knew that I shoulda got in on this. 😏

[mic]

19 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Hey, that's pretty sexy! 

  -------, I knew that I shoulda got in on this. 😏

Not too late if you can whip up 10 in two weeks.  

[fishinwrench]

Appreciate it, but I've already got 6 unfinished projects ongoing.  I have no business starting another right now.

I would like to know what the body material is on that Fish Candy though.

[ColdWaterFshr]

I want in too.  I'll do something good.  Meatwhistle abortion, or variation thereof.

[fshndoug]

Mic that fly looks pretty good

 

[tjm]

@BilletHeadmy remark about what makes a streamer was facetious, because the terms are used so broadly today that anything on a hook can be called  anything,  however in my mind streamers are still the trolling flies of Maine, with bucktails, jigs, flat wings, hairwings,  &c as separate categories, probably an idea from one of those old books I read long ago. The language has changed a lot over the years and there also materials and methods that did not exist way back when. If the fly tyer says it's a streamer, it must be one.

@micsince I'm not in your swap I'll apologize for posting to it.Y'all have fun with it the flies all look fishy.