FF@ Smelt '98 - Aaron Adams

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SMELT #1, SMELT #2
Submitted By Aaron Adams

SMELT #1

SMELT #2

HOOK	Mustad AC9672, Size 4
THREAD	White
TAIL	White Marabou
BODY	Flat Silver Mylar
THROAT	Fine White Bucktail or Calftail
WING	Light Gray Bucktail, over which are a few strands of Rainbow Flash, outside of which tie one white hackle tip on each side.
TOPPING	Dark Gray Bucktail

HOOK	Mustad AC9672, Size 4
THREAD	White
TAIL	White Marabou
BODY	White Wool Yarn (or dubbing)
RIB	Flat Silver Mylar, Wide
THROAT	Fine White Bucktail or Calftail
WING	Light Gray Bucktail, over which tie in a few strands of rainbow flash, outside of which tie one white hackle tip on each side.
TOPPING	Dark Gray Bucktail

Aaron Adams' Comments On These Patterns

I tied the prototype fly for this pattern while still a resident of St. Croix, VI. My father-in-law, who lives in Ithaca, NY, had told me about the great spring runs of smelt in the tributaries of Cayuga Lake. He described the smelt to me over the phone, I I did my best to imitate the description. That first pattern caught some fish, but was not as consistent as he/I would have liked. He did well dead drifting this fly in the current of the stream outflows.

After moving to Boston in the fall of 1997, I began to do some reading on the local baitfish (fresh and salt water) - what else is there to do during a New England winter? I was able to come up with what I hope is an improved pattern over the prototype. I should here some reports from Ithaca in early April.

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