B.M.S. Streamer Freshwater Hook : Nymph hook size 8 or 10. Thread : 6/O red. Head : Green glass bead. Tail : Medium olive partridge SLF hank. Rib : Gold tinsel. Body : Medium olive partridge SLF hank. Collar : Red thread.
Tying Instructions 1) Thread a glass bead onto the hook. Make sure when you buy glass beads that they are of a size that will fit over the barb of a hook. I get my beads from craft stores. 2) Start the thread behind the bead and secure the bead slightly. Take the thread to the back. 3) Cut a small amount of SLF hank and tie it in for the tail. 4) Tie in the tinsel. 5) Take the SLF hank. Grab some of the fibres (about the thickness of a match will do for one fly) and cut the full length off the hank. Cut the fibres into sections about the length of the shank of the hook you are using. Usually about four sections. 6) Mix up the cut lengths of SLF to form a dubbing mix. 7) Roughly dub a carrot shaped body with the SLF tapering from thin at the back to thicker at the front. Take it right up to the bead. 8) Alternatively, don't mix up the cut up SLF and use a dubbing loop and use it to form a "brush" with the SLF and tie this around the shank. Either methos works ok. 9) Rib the body with the tinsel. Don't overdo it. 3 - 4 turns depending on the length of the shank. 10) Form a collar or red tying thread behind the bead and tie off behind the bead. 11) Using whatever method you like (I have a dubbing picker made from an ice cream stick with velcro glued onto it some people use old tooth brushes) tease out the SLF body to form a great hairy fly. Be careful not to break the tinsel. 12) You should b left with very little SLF on the hook shank with most of it teased out and you should be able to see the tinsel through the SLF.
Fly Notes This recipe is for the olive freshwater version. The originator of this fantastic little fly is professional fly-tier - Murray Wilson. It can be tied in other colours for different situations to match the local waterway colours. A variation I like for saltwater fishing is to use white SLF, red tinsel and a red bead tied on a size 8 hook.
Fishing Notes This is quite a versatile little fly. It is a fly that can be fished throughout the water column. Tied on a heavy gauge hook it will sink quickly to fish the bottom, tie it on a finer gauge hook and it can be striped close to the surface. The glass bead gives the fly an undulating motion if retrieved slowly. Down and across in a river or stream works well - use a long leader and cast a little upstream to give the fly time to sink. In a lake or pool, cast into and around structures and strip slowly. The SLF moves gently with any movement. Target species include Trout or Redfin. Works well on Australian Salmon in the white configuration.
Location Notes Cast it in close to weed beds and snags and strip it seductively along the edge.
Prey Notes Tied as it was for the swap, this fly imitates those slender green smelt that inhabit our waterways. You need to look at the fly when it is wet. Dry - it looks like a mess - when it is wet, the SLF fibres form a translucent body around the tinsel and it looks magnificent. Stick it under a tap and see.
Tier Laurie

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