Golden Shiner Patterns - Roger Whitcomb

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NEK GOLDEN SHINER
Submitted By Roger Whitcomb

NEK GOLDEN SHINER

HOOK	Mustad #94720, size 4
TAG	Gold tinsel
TAIL	Golden pheasant tippets w/ few bright orange hackle fibers covering.
BODY	Gold tinsel double-wrapped.
RIB	Medium oval gold tinsel wound with little space between wraps.
WING	Dark olive grizzly hackle flanked by two golden olive hackles over 4-8 hairs of white and orange bucktail.
THROAT	Orange hackle collared, divided, and pulled down.
SHOULDER	Finely marked mallard dyed dark olive.
CHEEKS	Jungle Cock
HEAD	Black

Comments

A local pattern, the NEK (Northeast Kingdom of Vermont) Golden Shiner is used successfully for Squaretails, Landlocks, Lakers, and Rainbows in casting and trolling sizes including tandems. I tie it as above, but many others use strands of gold flashabou the same length as the wing along with orange for the throat. The originator is unknown, but there are several variations of this pattern used in this area.

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