Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving under the current circumstances. We made the most of it over here for sure all things considered. It is rather fitting that I have a new fly addition to the streamer arsenal that is now available in the store, and it has some rather funny dinner related connotations.
The Dumpster Dinner streamer is my own stylistic interpretation of a suggestive attractive streamer utilizing nothing but synthetics. If you recall several years ago the Bushmeat Streamer was built around craft fur, well I took that a step further in this pattern with an entire base material of craft fur with some hidden concepts in the design. First, to maintain some body and give this fly some swim and kick, there is a flex resin spreader hidden behind the minnow brush head which forces this fly to maintain it's shape and not collapse under the weight of water from the anglers retrieve.
That addition gives this simple design a lot of action without having to add a ton of steps, shanks or other time consuming additions to give the fly "action". The materials in this two part fly get it done by themselves. You will quickly notice that this is a highly refined design, meaning there isn't a lot "fluff" in there or added bs to catch the anglers eye. All too often many newer creations we see these days have what seems like everything under the sun thrown on a hook when in all actuality they could and typically are much better with much less.
I will also offer up the single non articulated version in the not so distant future as well. The beauty of this design is it sheds water immediately and is ridiculously light, so light you can cast this fly on lighter rods then most streamers are fished on.
This makes your day much more enjoyable and less like work while also putting some fish in the net, which lately this fly has been doing a good job of that. Get some in the store and stay tuned for a video on how to construct this little gem, you won't be disappointed.