Gary
R. Yaden
London, KY
I
started fly fishing and tying flies 30 years ago while I was in college and have
been at it ever since. I teach High School Social Studies at North Laurel
High School in London, Ky.
I will fly fish for anything that swims. My strangest catch to date was a bullfrog that hit a fly while I was fishing in my uncle's farm pond years ago!
I mostly fish warm water for bass and bluegill but have also taken up trout fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains over the last ten years. Actually... I have become a trout fishing addict!
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Clouser Calf Tail Trout Streamer
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Tier: Gary R. Yaden
Hook: Mustad 3906B, Size 10 - 14.
Thread : Danville Fly Master Plus, color to match chenille underbody color.
Legs : Four living rubber hackle strips.
Under-body : Medium or fine chenille, color to match foam over-body color.
Over-body : 2mm closed cell art foam, trimmed to shape.
Head : Contrasting color of 2mm closed cell foam, cut 3/8" wide.
Eyes : Tag ends of the 2mm closed cell foam used for the over-body.
Note: The Orange body / Black head pattern works best for me for bluegill, while these 'ole Kentucky largemouth bass like a Green body / Black head color combination.
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Clouser Calf Tail Trout Streamer
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Clouser Calf Tail Trout Streamer
Tier: Gary R. Yaden
Hook: Mustad 9672, size 10 - 12.
Thread: White Danville FlyMaster Plus.
Eyes: Exta Small (5/32) lead dumbbell, Black or Yellow / Red with Black pupil.
Body: White calf tail hair on the bottom, Flashabou in the middle, and Olive dyed calf tail hair on top.
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Tier: Gary R. Yaden
Hook: Mustad
33903 hump shank hook, size 10.
Thread : Danville FlyMaster Plus to match body color.
Tail : Grizzly marabou dyed color to match body color, two strips of black and two strips of color to match body color living rubber hackle, and two grizzly dyed to match body color hackle tips.
Hackle : Grizzly dyed to match body color.
Body : 3mm closed cell foam cut 3/8" wide, folded over and Super Glued to the hook shank. Insert the hook through the center of the foam before folding and gluing the foam together.
Eyes : 2mm movable doll eyes glued to the foam body.
Note: Jay "Fishy" Fullum shows how to make these folded foam poppers in his book Fishy's Flies.
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Clouser Calf Tail Trout Streamer
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(Black or Red)
Tier: Gary R. Yaden
Hook: Mustad 33903 hump shank hook, size 10 - 12.
Thread: Danville Fly Master Plus, black or red.
Body: 3mm closed cell foam, trimmed to shape.
Hackle: Cree, grizzly, or grizzly dyed red.
This is a very simple ant pattern I developed a couple of years ago to fly fish for bluegill with. The G
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Clouser Calf Tail Trout Streamer
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Tier: Gary R. Yaden
Hook:
Mustad 9672, size 10 - 14.
Thread: Yellow Danville FlyMaster Plus.
Tail: Two strips of brown living rubber hackle strips, body length.
Underbody: .010 lead wire, cover with yellow poly yarn and flattened with a pair of smooth jawed pliers.
Abdomen: A single strand of Yellow poly yarn tied in with a dubbing loop to produce a segmented abdomen.
Thorax: Peacock herl.
Hackle: Mottled Brown hen neck hackle palmered once through the thorax.
Wingpad: Tan 2mm closed cell foam.
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Clouser Calf Tail Trout Streamer
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Tier: Gary R. Yaden
Hook: Mustad 33903 hump shank hook, size 10 - 12.
Thread : Danville FlyMaster Plus to match body foam color.
Body : 3mm closed cell foam, trimmed to shape, in various colors.
Legs : Four strips of black living rubber hackle, silicon skirt material, Sili Legs, etc. The legs must be
Note: If tied correctly, the fish slam this critter hard! I had a five pound bass yank my ultra-light spinning outfit out
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Clouser Calf Tail Trout Streamer
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for your tying needs.