Grey Ghost

My rendition of the Grey Ghost… reckon this will be a fine streamer anywhere there is smelt.  I made a few artistic liberties to the original pattern; and, gave it more orange since anadromous fish here seem to like that color.

Grey Ghost
Hook:  Size 2 Mustad 79580
Thread:  6/0 Black
Tag:  Oval silver tinsel
Body:  Orange floss
Ribbing:  Oval silver tinsel
Underwing:  White bucktail, 6 strands peacock herl
Wing:  2 grizzly saddles, 2 white saddles
Shoulder:  Barred wood duck
                (original tie uses silver pheasant)
Eye:  Golden pheasant tippet, stripped down to size
         (original tie uses jungle cock eyes)
Gills:  Hot orange thread
Note:  This is a classic landlocked atlantic salmon fly in Northeastern US.  But, I could see surf casting it with a spey rod and shooting line on Lake Superior during the spring staging period.  Trolling it deep behind a float tube for trophy trout may have potential on inland lakes.


Here's a nice video on how to tie the original: