The Mickey Finn Streamer

Materials Used:

Hook - 6X long, sizes 6,8,10,12

Thread - black 3/0 or 6/0

Rib - fine oval silver tinsel 

Body - flat silver tinsel 

Underwing - yellow bucktail 

Midwing - red bucktail

Overwing - yellow bucktail

This is me getting ready to tie a Mickey Finn.

The first step is to tie black thread to the shank of the hook.

Tie in a 3-6 inch piece of flat silver tinsel, then tie in a 3-6 inch piece of silver oval tinsel.

Then, wrap your black thread back to the eye of the hook.

Now wrap your flat tinsel to the eye of the hook, tying in the flat tinsel with your black thread.  Then, wrap your oval tinsel around the flat tinsel, leaving gaps in between each wrap.

On the third step, you are going to tie in yellow and red buck tail pieces.  You want

the tips of the buck tail to just pass the shank of the hook.  Yellow goes on the 

bottom.  Make sure you stack hair fibers in a hair stacker before tying them in. 

Another picture of me tying

On this step, you are going to tie in some more yellow buck tail fibers.  After they are

tied in, tie the head and whip finish it.

Add a drop of head cement and this fly is ready to be tied on the end of a line.

My brother has caught Salmon, Trout and Bass with this fly.  This is one of the easiest streamers to tie.