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The Ghost is an all-white version of the James Wood Bucktail
I have had a lot of fun experimenting with variations of one of my favorite warm water patterns, the James Wood Bucktail. This latest version, which has an all-white color scheme, I have nicknamed the Ghost.
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The Teeny Nymph is a simple but effective fly created out of pheasant tail fibers.
What makes this fly unique is that it is constructed with only one material. It is made entirely of the fibers off the tail of a ringneck pheasant. It is a very simple fly to tie. The hardest part of the process is gauging the length of the pheasant tail fibers.
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The Pumpkinseed variation of the James Wood Bucktail
This version of the James Wood Bucktail produced noticeably better in waters with an established population of pumpkinseed sunfish. It out produced the standard James Wood Bucktail by a significant margin in my non-scientific tests.
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The Hornberg Streamer
Although it looks very similar to the traditional Hornberg Special, the Hornberg Streamer performs differently. The fly is weighted and uses materials that absorb water so it sinks quickly unlike the traditional Hornberg Special which can be fished as a dry fly.
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The Hornberg Special, a versatile fly that can be fished wet or dry.
The Hornberg was initially designed as a dry fly to imitate down winged insects like caddis and stoneflies. Somewhere along the line someone drowned the fly and took fish with it under the surface
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