How to Tie the Little Brook Trout Streamer Fly

Learn how to tie the Little Brook Trout Streamer Fly pattern, including step-by-step instructions, a video tutorial, pictures, and much more. Improve your fly-tying skills here.

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The Litte Brown Trout Fly is part of a series of 3 streamers that Samuel Slaymaker of Pennsylvania designed in the 1960's to imitate trout fry and take advantage of the trout’s predatory nature. The other 2 flies in the series are the Little Brown trout and the Little Rainbow Trout. Joseph Bates’ book "Streamers and Bucktails the Big Fish Flies" recommends a 6XL hook in sizes 2 -12. The recipe for this fly also comes from that book.

Recipe

• Hook: Mustad L87 3 XH 7XL Streamer
• Thread: Veevus GSP 50D; black
• Rib: UNI French Silver Tinsel; Small
• Body: Nature's Spirit Snowshoe Rabbit Foot Dubbing; Cream
• Tail: Hareline Bucktail; Green
• Danville's 4 Strand Floss; Red
• Throat: Hareline Bucktail; Orange
• Wing: Hareline Bucktail; White
• Hareline Orange Bucktail
• Hareline Green Bucktail
• Wapsi Badger Fur
• Cheek: Jungle Cock Eye (optional)