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MARABOU BARNES SPECIAL
Submitted By Steve Desmond



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MARABOU BARNES SPECIAL
HOOK Streamer, 4x to 6x long single, sizes 4 to 10, or tandem
THREAD Red
TAIL Jungle cock body or any spotted feather
BODY Traditional: flat silver ribbed with oval silver tinsel or Modern: Orvis Braid tied at ends (small)
WING Sparse red bucktail over which is sparse white bucktail over which is yellow marabou flanked by two thin grizzly hackles
COLLAR Flared back white hackle
HEAD Oversized painted red
COMMENTS My favorite early season Northern Maine salmon fly. Fish it on bright days, slowly twitched against the current or trolled very close to shore.



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