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Freshwater Deceivers
By Will Taylor & Robb Nicewonger
MORNING GLORY DECEIVER
Submitted By
Will Taylor
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MORNING GLORY 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 #4 salmon hook
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TAIL
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one rather full silver pheasant crest feather, nearly as long as tail, curving up; then two pairs yellow saddle hackles; flanked on each side by 2 strands pearl flashabou and 2 strands orange krystal flash
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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, yellow calftail; ventral, small bunch white calftail; dorsal ("wing"), 3 strands each side red krystal flash, topped with a small bunch of yellow bucktail
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THROAT
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short silver pheasant crest feather, curving up
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SOFT HACKLE COLLAR
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two golden pheasant red body feathers, tied in by the tip, folded and wound as a collar and tied back to lie on the hair collar
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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
Inspired by Carrie Stevens' Morning Glory. Bob Petti came up with this
pattern on paper & posted it to the Streamers@ mailing list, & I
couldn't wait to get home to tie one up. I subjected Bob's pattern to the
folk process (i.e., I forgot his recipe & had to wing it) & came up with
this. At the heart of this pattern is the soft-hackle collar (the
traditional pattern uses red Golden Pheasant body feathers as shoulders).
Bob in turn credits this inspiration to Jack Gartside's soft-hackle
streamers.
Since Bob introduced me to this idea, I've experimented with adding
soft-hackle collars to some of my other Deceivers (mallard flank on the
Pink Lady; Teal flank on the Ripogenus and Magog Deceivers); and I think
this idea & a few boxes of RIT will inspire a number of new patterns.
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