Dynamite

The streamer Dynamite is a killer fly. Like my brother said "It's better than dynamite".

2. mai 2006

Sist oppdatert: 2. mai 2006

When I started using streamers more systematicly about 25 years ago, this fly  was one of the first flies I tied. The pattern came from a friend, Leif Johansen, my addition was adding marabou overwing. Instant success is usually what takes to really believe in a fly, and that is what happened with this fly. The first few times I used it I caught several large trout in a very short time. It was in conditions I have come to regard as the best conditions for streamer fishing, little or no hatches during the day and rain.

 The pattern and the method I used was so good that we did not want to tell anyone about it. We even made restrictions for our own use. We were only allowed to use the pattern under the conditions described above, when regular nymphs and dry flies had been useless during the day. The code name for the fly was for awhile, The Nobell Nymph.

Materials:

Hook: Streamer hook 3-4x long size # 2-12

Thread: Black

Tail: Green fluorescent floss silk

Body: Silver tinsel

Ribbing: Silver wire

Under-wing: Black squirrel tail, on larger flies use bucktail, goat or fox

Over-wing: Black marabou

Flash: Optional (4 fibres pearl Krystal Flash or Flashabou).

Picture1.

Start by the hook eye. Tye the tail in and use open turns towards the hook bend. At the hook bend attach the ribbing and return the thread to the hook eye with open turns. Attach the tinsel for the body. I prefer mylar tinsel.

Picture 2.

Tye the tinsel body by going edge to edge with the tinsel around the hook towards the hook bend and back to the hook eye. I prefer to have a drop of cement on the hook before the tinsel body is tyed to glue the tinsel to the hook. When the tinsel is fastened, it is time for the ribbing. I prefer to go the same way around the hook as with the tinsel. A lot of fly tyers prefer to go the opposite way.

Picture 3.

I attach the squirrel tail under-wing by holding it in position and tying the thread around it with a soft loop. When it is in the right position I increase the pressure on the thread for each turn. After a few turns I put some head cement on the tye-in-point to strengthen the fly. I finish the head as if the fly was finished. If the wing is lying too flat on the hook, I go behind the wing with the thread to lift it to the “right” angle. If I want flash, this is tyed in at this time.

Picture 4.

The last stage of the fly is tying in the marabou over-wing. I prefer a more sparse over-wing than under-wing. Finish the fly by tying a nice head and lacker it .

A lot of people prefer eyes on their streamers, I often do, this can be painted or glued on at this stage.

The best way to fish this fly is when you have the "right current" (i.e. fast and smooth). You cast your fly to the eddy on the opposite side of the current with a downstream reach cast. Let the fly sink for a few seconds while you make a couple of downastream mends, and strip it in fast. Good luck!