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CHESUNCOOK SMELT
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BODY
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Yellow floss
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RIB
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Flat silver tinsel
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THROAT
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beneath the shank are a few strand of yellow bucktail the length
of hook, beneath this are a few strand of white bucktail the length of the
hook
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UNDERWING
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four or five strands of peacock herl
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WING
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each wing is
constructed of two green saddle hackles
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CHEEK
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mallard flank feather dyed
yellow
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COMMENTS
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Named after Chesuncook Lake in Maine. In the reference book
there is a typographical error in the description of the throat. I have
given the construction derived from the picture of the fly.
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Originator and Pattern Source: Originator unidentified. “Smelt Fly
Patterns” by Donald A. Wilson. Frank Amato Publications, Inc., Portland
Oregon, 1996
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