For You Pocono Pounders

[Festus]

'm not very good at tying streamers, but I found this pattern in an old Field & Stream magazine back in the mid 80s, tried it and found a lot of success with it in the Poconos. It was a real hot go to fly on the Big Bushkill and the Lehigh River. It saved the week one time on the Green River in Utah. Amazingly, I never did well with it anywhere else. But it's worth adding to your arsenal if you like fishing streamers. Be sure to pinch down the barb on that stinger hook.

The wing is white, then orange, then green or olive bucktail, then grizzly topped with peacock. It is called the Tri Color Bucktail.

 

[blueheron]

I like it Festus. I may just tie some up. I fish streamers in the Poconos alot , but they are usually a bit simpler, like me.

 

[Festus]

I've always been a glutton for punishment:hammer:

 

[sandfly]

Been fishing this version in the poconos for a while now, omitted the grizzly hackle.
bottom one is herb Johnson's original

 

[blueheron]

I've seen your ties, you know your way around a vise. Tying's like dinner, sometimes you just want the meat, sometimes you want all seven courses.