Front Hook: Gama
SP11-3L3H size 1
Back Hook: Gama B10S
size 2
Connection: Beadalon,
19 strand .018”
Beads: Pro Eye 3D
Flash: Mirage
Flasahbou
Body1: Craft Fur (marker striped)
Body2: Polar Chenille
Body3: Crazy Legs
Body4: Mallard Flank
Head: Senyo Laser Dub
Eyes: medium Lead
Dumbell
About 18 months ago I ran in to a crisis…the schlappen
supply was drying up due, in part, to a conflict between the bird farmers and
wholesalers. The issue has since been
resolved but that period of months was a headache and made me re-evaluate some
material options. While it had certainly not directly been a
life-threatening issue, as a commercial tier who incorporated schlappen in to
just about every streamer pattern in my lineup it caused me some sleepless
nights. At that time I decided that I
needed to add some streamers that made use of the abundance of synthetic
materials on the market. The initial
version of the fly was pretty close to
the swimming action in the water that I wanted and then after a few tweaks it
was dialed in. The result is a fly that,
outside of a flank feather, is composed
entirely of synthetic materials. The
design of the fly is based on old intruder winged patterns so, while I
generally fish it utilizing various stripping retrieves, it can be swung as well
and maintain its effectiveness.
A full step by step is in the works as is getting it added
to the website. I had meant to take care
of it already but evidently there are a lot of people gearing up for all out streamer
war on fish, so I have been spending every waking moment at the vise!
-mike schmidt
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