FLY
Streamer
Silver Shiner (Thunder Creek)
Tied by Christian Andrews
Silver Shiner (Thunder Creek) recipe
| Hook | #2 - 10 3xL or 4xL straight eye streamer |
|---|---|
| Thread | heavy white |
| Tail | two pheasant hen coverts |
| Body | flat silver tinsel |
| Underbody | white bucktail, sparse |
| Overbody | brown bucktail, sparse |
| Head | epoxy |
| Gills | red enamel |
| Eyes | white under black enamel |
About this fly
A Keith Fulcher Thunder Creek series of streamers from the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla tie the bucktail shank length hanging out over the eye by the butt ends fold the bucktail back and tie over with a band of thread to create a rather long head, apply epoxy (or UV resin) paint the underside of the thread band with red enamel for gills paint on eyes with enamel white under black
What the Silver Shiner (Thunder Creek) imitates
- Streamer / baitfish (adult)
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
