Hook sizes
- Type
- streamer
- Difficulty
- beginner
Tie it yourself
When to fish it
A slow-stripped or dead-drifted black streamer imitates leeches and sculpins which are active even in near-freezing water. It is a high- searching pattern for larger trout.
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