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Roundhouse Jig Streamer
Roundhouse Jig Streamer is a small minnow-style jig streamer from Curtis Fry, built to work on both rivers and lakes or reservoirs. It takes ideas from the Trout Slider and from jig streamers fished on Euro setups. Most jig streamers sink fast for moving water, but stillwater needs a slower drop to keep the retrieve more horizontal. Changing the bead size and the amount of deer hair sets the sink rate. The hair work is simple, so it is a good fly for learning to spin deer hair. Tied here on a size 8 hook.
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Materials
Fulling Mill FM5130 Jig Force Long Barbless hook, size 8
8
Firehole Stones plated slotted tungsten bead, gold, 4.5mm (or sterling silver, or matte white or Mounds)
Gold · 4.5mm (3/16 inch)
Fish Hunter Premium Strung Marabou, burnished golden tan (or fl. white UV)
Burnished Golden Tan
Ripple Ice Dub, gold (or mother of pearl), also a few fibers for flash in the tail
Gold
Nature's Spirit Deer Belly Hair, tan (or white)
Tan
How to Tie the Roundhouse Jig Streamer
- 1
Step 1
Slide the slotted bead onto the hook and set the hook in the vise.
- 2
Step 2
Start the thread behind the bead and wrap a base back along the shank to the bend.
- 3
Step 3
Tie in a marabou plume at the bend for the tail, then bind the butts along the shank and trim any excess.
- 4
Step 4
Pull a small pinch of Ripple Ice Dub from the pack and tie it in on top of the marabou as flash.
- 5
Step 5
Form a dubbing loop at the base of the tail, load it with Ripple Ice Dub and spin it tight.
- 6
Step 6
Wrap the loop forward to build the body, tie it off and trim it, leaving bare shank behind the bead for the deer hair.
- 7
Step 7
Brush the body out so the fibers sweep back and blend into the tail.
- 8
Step 8
Cut a clump of deer belly hair, clean out the underfur and even the tips in a stacker.
Use a generous clump and brush out plenty of underfur. A thin or dirty bunch leaves the collar short of hair.
- 9
Step 9
Hold the hair against the shank behind the bead with the tips facing forward. Take firm thread wraps and let it spin around the shank.
- 10
Step 10
Stroke the hair back so it sweeps over the body, then wrap the thread in front of it to hold the collar in place.
- 11
Step 11
Trim away any stray hair to tidy the collar and the head.
- 12
Step 12
Whip finish behind the bead and cut the thread.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3LfZvI1qA4
Credit: Curtis Fry / Fly Fish Food