Miller's MT Rainbow Trout Streamer

Step #1: Place a Mustad 34011 #2 hook in your vise. Attach 6/0 White Uni Thread and wind toward rear of hook. Fold in half a 6 inch piece of 30 pound fire line and tie in on top of the hook with several thread wraps. The loop should be roughly two inches long.


Mount a set of Orvis large recessed barbell eyes under the hook shank, leaving enough room between the barbell and the hook eye to build your thread head. Coat the thread on the shank with super glue and allow to dry.

Step #2: Tie in a 5 inch long piece of Olive/black barred rabbit zonker strip, so that approximately 2.5 inched sticks out the rear as the tail. The rest of the rabbit zonker strip will become the wing in another step, just fold it over the hook out of the way.

Wind your thread back to the barbell eyes and attach a 4 inch piece of pearl diamond braid.

Step #3: Wind the pearl diamond braid back to the rabbit strip tail, and then back to the front stopping just behind the barbell eye. Secure the braid with several wraps of thread.

Step #4: Tie in a clump of Hare Line's pearl ice dubbing to form the under belly of the fly pattern. Next take a sparse clump of sand shrimp(pink) colored Lite-Brite and tie in over the pearl so that an even amount of pink Lite-Brite is visible on each side of the head.

Step #5: Tie in another clump Hare Line's Pearl Ice Dubbing over top of the Sand Shrimp Lite-Brite.

Final: separate the Ice Dub head so that and even amount of material is to each side of the pattern. Pull and snug your rabbit zonker strip wing over the top of the Ice Dub head and into the channel created by pushing the material to each side and secure with several wraps of thread.

Tie in 6-8 strands of Olive Crystal Flash over the wing, and press in a pair of 5/32 Orvis Mirage eyes into the recessed part of the barbell. Build a quick thread head and whip finish...

Delaware River Brown Trout fooled on Miller's MT Rainbow Streamer!

This pattern can be tied in various color and weight combinations. The barbell eye version will give the fly more of a side to side action, where the cone head tied addition will give this pattern more of a jigging type up and down action.

The stinger loop allows you to add an additional hook to the tail when two hooks may be needed or makes it possible to cut the front hook to just use the rear hook. This pattern fishes extremely well as a "Pulled Streamer" from a drift boat for large trout or as a swung fly using spey techniques and sink tips for Great Lakes Steelhead.

Below you can see 3 more color versions and material list for this pattern!

Miller's MT Delaware Alewife

Hook: 34011 Mustad # 2-6
Thread: Uni 6/0 White

Eyes: Orvis Large Recessed Barbell & Mirage 5/32

Under Body: Pearl Diamond Braid
Over Body: Hare Line UV Pearl Ice Dubbing

Wing/Tail: White Black Barred Rabbit Zonker Strip
Flash: Pearl Blue Crystal Flash

Miller's MT Brown Trout

Hook: 34011 Mustad #2-6

Thread: Uni 6/0 Tan

Eyes: Orvis Large Recessed Barbell & Mirage 5/32

Under body: Pearl Diamond Braid

Over Body: Pearl & Orange Ice Dub

Wing/Tail: Tan Black Barred Rabbit Zonker Strip

Flash: 6-8 Strands Copper Flash-A-Bou

Miller's MT Dead Parakeet

Hook: 34011 Mustad #2-6

Thread: Uni 6/0 Chartreuse

Eyes: Orvis Large Recessed barbell & Mirage 5/32

Under Body: Chartreuse Diamond Braid

Over Body: Pearl & Chartreuse Ice Dub

Wing/Tail: Chartreuse Black Barred rabbit Zonker Strip

Flash: 6-8 Strands Chartreuse Crystal Flash

Mike's Impossihex

STEP 1: With your Daiichi 1530 size 8 in the vise, get your dark brown 140 denier thread started at the head and then wrap one third of the way back down the hook shank.

STEP 2: Invert the hook and tie in a set of the small mono nymph eyes using a figure eight wrap to ensure they are securely held in place perpendicular to the hook shank.

STEP 3: Tie in a clump of Australian Possum fur hanging off the back of the hook, and should be approximately one hook shank in length. If you have a full skin the best hair for this is on the front half as the underfur is not as thick, so it has far more movement in the water.

STEP 4: At the back of the fly tie in a sand colored Grizzly Marabou feather by the tips.

STEP 5: Take a Hungarian Partridge feather and stroke back the fibers, so you do not trap any at the tie in point, and tie it in by the tips.

STEP 6: Using tan Hares Ear Plus dubbing, loosely dub a body forward to just behind the mono nymph eyes.

STEP 7: Palmer the Hungarian Partidge feather through the dubbed body, approximately two and a half wraps, then tie the feather off behind the mono nymph eyes. Be careful not to trap too many fibers to the body as you make those wraps…the more legs the buggier the fly.

STEP 8: After a quick figure eight of dubbing around the eyes carefully pull the Grizzly Marabou feather forward, splitting the fibers on top of the hook shank, and tie of off. Finish the head with a quick whip finish and it is off to the river you go!

Here is a view from above. Though originally conceived as a Great Lakes steelhead pattern, something this fly is VERY good at, it has also proven to be extremely effective for chasing other species such as carp, walleye, perch, and bass. When fishing the Impossihex in a river setting, whether fishing an Indi rig or tight line nymphing, I always allow the fly to complete a swing at the end of the drift. As the Hexegenia Limbata is a powerful swimmer I believe that many times the movement as the fly swings across the current at the end of a drift is a key trigger to draw a strike. To order this pattern or my other patterns, or if you have any questions about the pattern that were not addressed, please visit http://www.anglerschoiceflies.com/ or find me at Anglers Choice Flies on Facebook.

Senyo's Wiggle Stone

A loaded Box of Senyo's Wiggle Stones!

Step #1: Place any #12 to #14 down eye dry fly hook on your vise. Attach 6/0 black thread to the hook and wind to the rear of the hook, and create a small ball with your tying thread.( The down eye hook improves the motion of the tail.)

Step #2: Attach a black goose biot on each side of the thread ball and secure. Tail length should be roughly a 1/4 inch.

Step 3#: Tie in a 3 inch long piece of 5X mono and allow to hang off the back of the tail. Dub a small even or slightly tapered body with black rabbit fur.

Step #4: Take the mono and rib the body with even wraps toward the hook eye, and then secure with thread. To finish the Tail create a small thread head, whip finish, and cut the tying thread.

Step #5: Cut the rear of the hook off as close to the tail as possible.

Step #6: Place a Diiachi X120 #10 or #12 hook in your vise and attach 6/0 black thread to the hook as you see above. Tie in a 3 inch piece of 8 pound mono or fire line (tyers choice) and allow to hang to the rear.

Step #7: Thread the mono through the bottom of the tail hooks eye, and create a horizontal loop on top of the hook. Secure the tag end of the mono with several wraps of thread and add a dab of super glue.

Note* Loop should be as small as possible without interfering with the tail freely moving up and down or side to side.

Step #8: Tie in a 1 inch piece of flashy pearl tinsel, flashback material, or scud back. Next dub on a ball of Hare Line's Peacock Ice Dub as seen above.

Step #9: Pull the flash back wing case over the peacock ice dubbing and secure with several wraps of thread. Place a black goose biot on each side of the thorax and build a small thread head. Whip finish and cut the thread.

Final: The Completed Senyo's Wiggle Stone. To mix and match different bugs and water conditions the thorax color is changed. Popular thorax colors are Steely Blue, chartreuse, Orange, pink, Cream, Yellow, Rust, UV Pearl, and Shrimp Pink. All dubbing colors are Ice Dubbing from Hare Line Inc.

Senyo's Tube Sculpin

The Senyo's Tube Sculpin tied as previewed for Hatches Magazine. Fly Photos for this tutorial by John Miller. We hope you enjoy this pattern as much as we do...

Senyo's Olive Tube Sculpin

Step #1: Marry a 1 inch long piece of Eumer large tubing to a 1.5 inch of Eumer Small tubing. Using black 6/0 thread cover the connection joint with several wraps of thread and add a drop of super glue. Wrap toward rear of large tubing leaving roughly a half inch exposed.

Step #2: Tie in an olive marabou plume and 4 to 6 strands of pearl Flash-A-Bou and secure with several wraps of thread.

Step #3: Tie in a 3 inch piece of olive polar chenille and palmer an even body.

Step #4: Add another olive marabou plume and then palmer a collar with a mallard or gadwell feather.

Step #5: Center tie in a small clump of Senyo's Laser dubbing in brown, tan, and olive.(In that order) Make sure the material covers around the tubing evenly, and then brush out the entire head to blend the head colors.

Step #6: Build a small thread head and add a drop of super glue. Slide on a Large Eumer Monster cone tight to the head. Trim the excess tubing leaving enough to mushroom the tubing flush to the cone with a lighter.

Note: This style of cone head is not intended to make the fly wiggle or wobble in any way! This style cone is simply used to push water over and around the cone's surface area to create turbulence causing better motion to the wing and body materials of the pattern.

The reason I bring this up is that some area tyers who have just recently began tying tube flies believe that it is supposed to give the fly a wiggle type action, and have gone to great lengths to grind and alter these heads without even understanding the Monster cones intended purpose.

If you want a great wiggle action to your patterns use a Marc Petitjean Magic cone which slides right on your line and has been used for many years on all types of fly patterns.

The Completed Olive Senyo's Tube Sculpin...

Senyo's Triple Bunny Emerald Shiner Streamer

My email exploded after the last tutorial with a ton of interest in big streamers, Awesome!!! Nearly 3/4 of the emails wanted more of a Lake Erie Emerald Shiner Pattern that could be used for Lake Erie Steelhead, Small Mouth Bass, and in the Lake Erie Surf... I hope you guys like it!!!

Step #1: Cut a Mustad 3366 #2 hook at the hook bend and place it in your vise. Attach 6/0 White Uni Thread and wind to the rear of the hook.

Step #2: Rotate your vice up side down, and attach a 2.5 inch long piece of white rabbit zonker strip. Re invert the vice back to the up right position and secure rabbit strip with a few extra wraps of thread.

Step #3: Cut a six inch piece of Berkley 30 pound Fire Line. Fold the fire line in half and thread the folded line through the eye of a Gamakatsu #2 Octopus hook, and then split the line so the hook goes through the loop. (click on photo to see enlarged look at the hook loop connection.)

Attach Fire line to hook base and secure with several wraps of thread, and coat entire hook base with super glue and allow to dry. The rear hook should trail behind the base roughly 2.5 inches.

Step #4: Attach a 2.5 inch piece of light olive rabbit zonker strip and secure.

Step #5: Tie in a small clump of Hare Lines two tone blue and white crosscut rabbit strip as a collar and secure.

Step #6: Palmer in a 1.5 inch piece of Hare Lines Olive Polar Chenille. The chenille should cover roughly a 1/2 inch of the hook base.

Step #7: Tie in 2 strands of white rubber leg to each side of the pattern. Legs should be around 2-2 1/2 inches long.

Step #8: Center tie in a sparse amount of Hare Lines Pearl Ice Dubbing, and fold the material over itself. Comb out all loose material with a dubbing brush.

Step #9: Tie in toward the hook eye a set of medium metallic green plastic bead chain eyes and secure. Center tie a piece of Olive Mcfly Foam on the top of the hook just behind the eyes, and white Mcfly foam on the bottom just behind the eyes. Make several wraps to secure the fly foam and then bring the thread over the eye to the front to form small thread head.

Add a sparse amount of super glue to the thread head, and cut the thread.

Step #10: Cut the Mcfly foam straight across the top and bottom of the pattern to form the Emerald Shiner Head.

Final: Add gills to your Emerald Shiner with a red Sharpie Marker...

The Triple Bunny Streamer finishes out at roughly 3.5 inches! Colors can easily be created to match, goby, sculpin, egg head leeches, Emerald Shiners, Chubs, Baby Sucker, or flashy attractors.