Black Ghost

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BLACK GHOST (Hairwing variation)

Pattern

Tag: Siiver round tinsel

Tail: Golden pheasant crest

Body: Black silk

Rib: Flat silver tinsel (small or medium)

Throat: (collar) Yellow hen hackle

Wing: Polar bear

Head: Black

Originally submitted to the SALAR list swap 2007 by André Gagnon, Maine, USA

Notes:

BLACK GHOST (Clouser variation)

Hook: 3x to 6x streamer size 2 to 10

Thread: black

Tail: golden pheasant crest or yellow bucktail

Rib: gold tinsel or copper wire

Head: black thread

Eyes: clouser dumb bells - brass or yellow

Wing/Hackle: sparse uderwing white bucktail - artic fox or white maribou overwing

Cheek: throat to match tail

Body/Underbody: black floss

Oringinally submitted by Gerry (???)

Notes: Attach dumbell eyes about ¼ inch behind eye of hook, leaving enough room to attach the wing and finish the head. Wrap the thread to the bend of the hook and tie in the tail, the tinsel and the black floss, then wrap the thread back up to the eye of the hook. Using the black floss, wrap the body and tie off the floss at the dumbell eyes. Then spiral wrap the tinsel up to the dumbell eyes and tie-off. Tie in the throat of the fly directly behind the dumbell eyes. Remember that the dumbell eyes will make the hook ride point-up, so you need to rotate the hook, so the point is up when you tie in the wing. Tie in the white bucktail (sparsely) just in front of the dumbell eyes and then tie in the white arctic fox (sparsely) as an overwing. The white bucktail gives some body to the wing, which is effective in a swift current. The arctic fox fur or maribou undulates in slower current or in still waters. The combination of the two makes this fly effective in multiple situations. It is effective in both the spring and fall for landlocked salmon and I have also caught broodstock Atlantic Salmon with this fly in NH.