Here is SBS for wool head pike streamer I’ve posted earlier. It is kind of new type of pike streamers for me. It should be hard to cast, but also will make lots of noise underwater because of bulky wool head. For these streamers I’ve used short-shank-big-gap carp hooks (they are sharp as hell… poor fingers [...]
still playing with wool. Tied this big-red-head for pike using the same technique. Big bulky head will make lots of noise under water and will give extra movement for tail.
Ingredients:
other color combinations:
This streamer is tied using the technique found on Hatches magazine but instead of cross cut rabbit, I’ve used synthetic fur, bought in local sewing craft store. For this fly you will need: cheap front hook, carp trailer hook, synthetic fur, some lead and eyes (dumbbell, bead chain), backing, monofilament or braided line for trailer hook and thread of course.
Here is a quote from Hatches magazine:
The Strung Out movement was created by Pacific Northwest guide Derek Fergus. Articulated flies are nothing new, but this method of tying permits an angler to create very large flies with articulated action yet eliminating a solid, long hook shank. Tube flies can give you large flies and small hooks but they loose the articulation some folks find very appealing, especially on flies intended to be swung and not retrieved. Articulated flies use the long solid hook shank of a front hook to build the fly, but that shank can be used by the fish as leverage to work the fly loose or break the leader. Fergus’ Strung Out philosophy of tying involves tying the fly on section of “string”.
The MOAL (”Mother Of All Leeches”) is a successful version of the Strung Out Leech.
Here is my synthetic version of MOAL leech in reversed red head version:
Bunny strip (zonker) streamers are good lifelike flies, but they are hell to cast. Fur soaks the water and streamer becomes heavy and dangerous projectile. There is one way out of this situation – I’ve read about it in old Fly Tyer (Summer 2007) magazine under “The Leather Tail” title. It is a bass pattern but works great for trout and sea-trout fishing – imitating various ‘leechie’ creatures.
The main idea is to lighten the tail by cutting off all hair, leaving just leather strip. Article author (Jay “Fishy” Fullum) gives brilliant idea – replace rabbit (bunny) strip with black pigskin. Rabbit fur is not a problem for me (have whole black dyed rabbit skin) so I’ve tied this streamer with shaved rabbit strip (fur gone for making other flies and mixing some dubbing).
So here it is – the recipe. Actually it’s more tying style not the recipe:
Hook: any streamer or salmon hook you prefer;
Weight: dumbbell eyes or (and) some lead [I used bead-chain eyes + lead];
Tail: small bunch of bucktail (any color to match) and bunny or pigskin strip tied above;
Body: mohair yarn [pict] (can be replaced with any matching dubbing);
Head: artificial fur dubbed in dubbing loop.
Tying steps:
mono line loop and bucktail prevents long rabbit strip from tangling around the hook
