Colonel Bates: a Carrie Stevens streamer fly pattern

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from the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

Hook: #2-6 streamer
Thread: black
Tail: red quill (duck, goose shoulder)
Body: flat silver tinsel
Beard: soft brown barbs
Wings: two shorter white over two longer yellow saddle feathers
Shoulder: Teal flank
Eyes: Jungle Cock nails
Head: black thread (“optional” red band)

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