FLY
Streamer
Colonel Bates
Tied by Christian Andrews
Colonel Bates recipe
| Hook | #2 - 6 long streamer |
|---|---|
| Thread | black |
| Tail | red quill (duck, goose shoulder) |
| Body | flat silver tinsel |
| Beard | soft brown hackle barbs |
| Wings | two yellow saddle feathers under two shorter while saddle feathers |
| Shoulder | Teal flank |
| Eyes | Jungle Cock nails |
About this fly
a Carrie Stevens streamer using the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla
What the Colonel Bates imitates
- Streamer / baitfish
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
