Street Sweeper
Cheech -January, 2016
It's no secret that fish love to stick flashy things in their mouths. Some of my most effective patterns are almost entirely made of flash because of how the fish react to seeing such a huge wad of shiny plastic strings. The Articulated Trout Slider, and the Sparkle Minnow Variation are prime examples of flies that go above and beyond with flash... The Street Sweeper is no different. It's kind of funny Blue Halo + Street Sweeper = Rainbow how it all works out too, because I have heard countless people that use little to no flash because they learned somewhere that flash should be used in moderation. Well... I'd say that's true sometimes. Just like it's true that other times your fly should look like a Las Vegas billboard advertising an all you can eat lobster and filet mignon buffet! The Street Sweeper is the Vegas buffet of flies. I use two basic brushes on this fly, and the first one is very simple: gold and red ice dub. The second brush uses gold and red ice dub, tan craft fur, and barred UV predator wrap. the trick is to go kind of sparse with the craft fur, and cut the predator wrap fibers off the "stem" and lay them on the brush kind of sparsely. I use one entire length of predator wrap on a 15" brush. I'd recommend making up a bunch of these brushes before you start tying these. For more information on how to make a dubbing brush, and a list of tools to make great streamer brushes, click HERE.
- Hook: Fulling Mill 36040 Streamer Stripper - 1/0
- Hook: Fulling Mill 36040 Streamer Stripper - 1
- Thread: Danville Flat Waxed Nylon Thread - 140 Denier - White
- Body: Ice Dub - Gold
- Body: Ice Dub - Red
- Beads: 3D Articulation Beads - Red
- Wire: Senyo Intruder Trailer Hook Wire - Black - Regular
- Shank: Articulated Fish Spines - 15mm Shanks (24 pack)
- Eyes: Fish Skull Living Eyes - Fire (Orange Red) - 8mm
- Tail: Fish Hunter Premium Strung Marabou - Tan
- Collar: Extra Select Craft Fur - Tan
- Collar: Senyo's Barred Predator Wrap - Barred UV
- Marker: Chartpak Fly Tying Markers - Black
- Marker: Chartpak Fly Tying Markers - Delta Brown (Dark Brown)
- Resin: Loon Fluorescing UV Clear Fly Finish
- Tools Used: Tear Mender Waterproof Adhesive (6 oz), Cautery High Temp Finishing Tool,
