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Freshwater Deceivers
By Will Taylor & Robb Nicewonger
MAGOG DECEIVER
Submitted By
Will Taylor
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MAGOG DECEIVER
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THREAD
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white 6/0; change to black for the head
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HOOK
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TMC 7999 #6
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TAIL
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two yellow saddle hackles, flanked by 2 grizzly saddles; then 2 strands pearl flashabou each side
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BODY
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white tying thread, lacquered to secure the tail materials
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COLLAR
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ventrolateral, white bucktail; dorsal ("wing"), 3 strands each side silver krystal flash, topped with sparse yellow and then purple bucktail
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TOPPING
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4 strands fine peacock herl
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THROAT
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small bunch red krystal flash, cut short
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HEAD
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black thead; cement with penetrating head cement, finish with Loon Outdoors Black Hard Head Fly Finish
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EYES(OPTIONAL)
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painted on head, white with black pupil
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Will's Comments
This pattern was inspired by the Magog Smelt, one of my favorite hairwing
streamers. I caught my first landlocked salmon on a tandem Magog Smelt
trolled from my canoe, and have always since felt it to be a "lucky
pattern." This pattern takes tremendous liberty in translating the
features of the original pattern into a Deceiver, though perhaps not so
much as my Coppermgaumoc Smelt does in translating it into a flatwing.
Inspired by Bob Petti's suggestion of tying a soft-hackle collar to imitate
the colors of the traditional pattern's shoulder, I have recently
experimented with adding a teal flank collar to this pattern, tying the
feather in by the tip, folding & winding the collar, and tying back along
the hair collar (see the Morning Glory Deceiver for an example).
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