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Stupid Easy Streamer
Curtis Fry came up with this streamer because he needed a simple fly that would keel properly without running too deep or floating the way many over-dressed streamers do. It takes few materials and few steps, so you can tie a batch in different color schemes to match your local baitfish and still have time to fish them. Fry has fished it in lakes and rivers. It comes in black or white. Tied here in white on a size 4 hook.
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Materials
Danville Flat Waxed Nylon 140 denier, white (black for the black version)
White · 140D
Firehole Stones Neon Matte Tungsten Beads, fl. chartreuse, 4.0mm (5/32 inch)
Fl. Chartreuse · 4.0mm
Just Add H20 Flash Blend Baitfish Brush 2 inch, silver scale white (bleeding black for the black version)
Silver Scale White · 2 inch
Solarez Bone Dry PLUS UV resin, 0.5 Fl. Oz. Squeeze Bottle with Tip, for the head
Permanent marker for coloring the back
How to Tie the Stupid Easy Streamer
- 1
Step 1
Slide the bead onto the hook, seat it behind the eye and clamp the hook in the vise.
- 2
Step 2
Start the thread directly behind the bead and trim the tag. Everything on this fly ties in here, right behind the bead.
- 3
Step 3
Tie in a bunch of Synthetic Yak Hair behind the bead with the fibers running back over the hook as a tail. Trim the butts.
- 4
Step 4
Taper the rear of the yak hair with tapering scissors so the tips feather out rather than end in a blunt edge.
- 5
Step 5
Tie in Lateral Scale behind the bead so it trails back through the yak hair.
- 6
Step 6
Tie in the wire core of the Baitfish Brush behind the bead.
- 7
Step 7
Wrap the brush close behind the bead, stroking the fibers back with each turn.
Over-dressed streamers tend to float, so stop before the body gets too thick.
- 8
Step 8
Tie off the brush, cut the wire with flush cutters, and whip finish behind the bead.
- 9
Step 9
Brush the fibers back and out to blend them into the tail and set the shape of the fly.
- 10
Step 10
Coat the fibers at the head with Solarez resin, shape them, and cure with a UV light.
- 11
Step 11
Set a Living Eye on each side of the head and fix them in place with resin and the UV light.
- 12
Step 12
Trim and taper the body with scissors to the baitfish profile you want.
- 13
Step 13
If you like, color the back of the fly with a permanent marker.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCMIpblsYpU
Credit: Curtis Fry / Fly Fish Food