Had been working on my winter boxes, and refilling some of my nymph boxes, and kind of overdid it. Like, if I tie one more size 22 someone's going to get hurt kind of overdid it.
So... I switched gears and tied up some streamers. Some are fairly small for some of the smaller streams I fish, but I do fish a few streams that are marginal trout water with some bigger fish that are mainly fish eaters, so I tied up some bigger articulated patterns too.
Fun to tie something I don't need my cheaters for.
Bangtail T n' A. Never tied it or fished it. But I like the concept. Light, fluttery sinking line fly.

Galloup's Laser Legal. Did really well on a couple warm/sandy MN streams with these last year. Not a big pattern either (this one's on two #4s) so can throw it on a 4W.

Clark Pierce Flugenzombie. Another new pattern. Looks big but it'll slim down in the water quite a bit. Fun bug to tie. First time I'd tried complex twist bodies, and I kind of like it. Should for sure be more durable than palmering Schlapen over chenille or a dubbed body. One tooth and those things fall apart...

Bow River Bugger (top) and Wooly Sculpin (bottom). Basically the same fly - just one with a conehead, one without. Both are awesome. One of those oddball streamers that, for some reason, works really well on a dead drift too.

Mini Dungeon. Just a great little fly. Tied on 2 #4s, fishes well even on small water.

Zoo Cougars. My God I love these things. Only bad part about them is finding decent mallard flank feathers for the overwing. Went through an entire bag of lemon wood duck dyed flanks...didn't find a single usable feather. None. Nada. At least I can use them for other things. I should just tie a box full of these and call it quits...

Trio of Silk Kitties. Another fly I really like a lot...

Tommy Lynch's Drunk and Disorderly. Love fishing them, but man are they a pain in the rear to tie.

Headbanger Sculpin. Jiggin streamer with a Sculpin helmet head. Good one to crawl on the bottom when the water's dirty. The name isn't a tribute to 80s hair bands though. It's a description of what happens if you aren't careful when you cast the thing.

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