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FOX HOLE
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HOOK
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Mustad 3665A #4 (I like the Limerick bend)
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THREAD
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Black 6/0
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BODY
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Black Floss, down and back
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RIB
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Flat Silver Tinsel, sz 14
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THROAT
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lemon yellow bucktail, length of hook
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UNDERWING
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orange bucktail, length of hook
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WING
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single white marabou plume
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SHOULDER
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Teal or Mallard flank, tented over front 1/4-1/3 of wing
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Will's Comments On This Pattern
The Black Ghost is a pretty classically productive pattern left well-enough alone, but its simplicity almost begs for some innovation. I found this variation one day in the fly shop in Greenville when my son Ben & I got rained off the West Branch, & we proceeded to have a great time with it & West Branch landlocks once we were dried off enough to return. There's one in the jaw of a huge salmon below Little Ambejack falls if you want a closer look.
In continuing to mess with this pattern, I've added a bit of flash to some of these by using silver holographic tinsel ribbing, or by slipping 2-3 strands of pink crystal flash (it reflects the orange nicely) along each side of the underwing. Them real smelts are pretty flashy little critters.
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