Little Brook Trout
Classic Streamer
Tied By Darrell Olson
Hook: #6 – 12 Mustad 3665A, Size 6
Thread: Black 6/0 or 8/0
Bead:
Body Parts: tail, ribbing, body, Throat, underwing, underwing 2, wing, topping
Materials: Red Floss under Green Hackle Fibers, Silver Flat Tinsel, Angora Goat Cream Dubbing, Sparse Orange Bucktail, Sparse White Bucktail, Sparse Orange Bucktail, Sparse Bright Green Bucktail, Grey Squirrel
Notes:
From my understanding the Little Brook Trout is a fairly recent pattern has been tied in 1950s by Sam Slaymaker of Pennsylvania. Besides this bucktail streamer, Sam also is credited with a series of little trout flies like the Little Brown Trout and the Little Rainbow Trout. The concept of tying these streamers is to concentrate the primary colors of these species into the materials tied for the fly.
Brown Trout primary colors are yellow, orange, and a dark topping. For Rainbow Trout consider using white, pink, green, and a dark topping of some type.
Eyes (Optional): Jungle Cock or Painted White and Black