Silver Shiner (Thunder Creek)
Streamer
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #2 – 10 3xL or 4xL straight eye streamer
Thread: heavy white
Materials-
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
Notes:
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