The Canadian Killer

[backcountrycapers]

Here is a  step by Step  for the Streamer The Canadian Killer.  The list of materials needed to tie this is below.


Hook:        Streamer size 8 -2
Tag:          Flat silver tinsel
Tail:          Small bunch of yellow hackle barbules
Butt:         Peacock herl
Body:        Red floss
Rib:          Flat Silver tinsel
Throat:      Sparse brown hackle, collard and tied back
Wing:        Sparse red bucktail over which a teal flank feather flat on top
Source:     Stewart, D. and Leeman, B. (1982) Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon

Step 1:   Take your thread and make a base on the hook.  Tie in the flat silver tinsel


Step2:    Tie in the yellow hackle fibres for tail



step3:   Add Peacock herl For butt section



Step4:    Bring Thread to the front again and tie in a starnd of red floss long enough to wind down and back on the hook shank to form the body



Step5:   Bring back and tie off


Step6:    Wrap the tinsel Ribbing back to the head and tie off


Step7:     Add small bunck of bucktail to wing leaving slightly longer than the length of the hook


Step8:    Tie in a nice Teal feather for the overwing.  The key to this is to tie it in flat like many of the famous Jim Warner Streamers.  It creates a very sleak  fly that produces many large fish


Step9:    Tie in folded Hackle wind 5 wraps and create head. Whip finish and tie off coat with cement


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[Mike]

Nice looking fly

[Dan]

Nice looking fly

... and step by step!

[mikesalmon]

Nice looking fly

... and step by step!

X3 Excellent

[Jamie]

I got to say I love the flatwing patterns and especially love this one but I have never had a lot of fishing success with this fly.

[Charles]

Pretty slick Gary!

[M_Cox]

I know this is an old post, But i am loving this fly ! The browns of the Avalon Peninsula better look out, a few of these will be in my box the next time i'm out n about in NL..

[backcountrycapers]

Hey M_cox   Thanks

I  hope we see pics of them  working for you

[M_Cox]

I will be posting pics just as soon as i get home in july and get to fishing again ! It has been a long deployment so far, productive tho as we have had 4 drug busts to date for a total of 1315kg of herion taken from the hands of the "bad guys" That is the largest haul ever taken by any ship of any country on a single deployment. Back on topic, I dont know if i will be making the trip to NL this year or not, but if i do i will most likely be fishing the Exploits as it is just minutes away from the in-laws. Time will tell, Thanks for the SBS !

Mike

[fishface]

Hey Gary, have you ever thought about writing a book?..... I think you could no problem...

Cheers

[backcountrycapers]

Sure  Chris   I  can  barely  write  my  name  lol     

I  do  think  we  have quite a few  tiers  around  that  could  sure  work together to collaborate  a  piece of work for sure..