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streamer fly

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noun

Angling.

  1. an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.

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Jungle cock feathers, golden pheasant tippets, silver pheasant body feathers, as on the Grey Ghost streamer fly, blue chatterer, and many other fancy feathers according to pattern and fancy are used for this purpose.

From How to Tie Flies by Gregg, Ellery Clark

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