Rene - The jungle cock eyes are not "required" but they are "traditional" on classic feather wing Maine streamers. I will probably tie a hair wing version of one of the classic smelt patterns and I will probably use small doll eyes glued to the head rather than jungle cock eyes.
When I lived in the northeast - I was born in Albany, NY, raised in Glens Falls, NY, caught my first trout (a small brown) on the Battenkill, lived in the Burlington Vermont area and fished in Vermont for over 11 years - I got to the point where I preferred hair wing streamers to the feather wing versions, so that is what I will probably tie. -- Joe Fusco, Sr. Member of The Missouri Trout Fishermen's Association and The Virtual Fly Box REMEMBER CANCER IS A WORD NOT A SENTENCE On Nov 8, 2007 1:31 PM, Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As preparation for the streamer swap I'm investigating about Carries > flies. > All flies I found on the Global Flyfisher site ave jungle cook as eyes. > Are these feathers a must? Did Carrie use them on all flies? Or are > flies allowed without the eyes? > Rene > Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
