Street Sweeper - Articulated Streamer Pattern

Street Sweeper

It's no secret that fish love to stick flashy things in their mouths. Some of my most effective patterns are almost entirely made of flash because of how the fish react to seeing such a huge wad of shiny plastic strings. The Articulated Trout Slider, and the Sparkle Minnow Variation are prime examples of flies that go above and beyond with flash... The Street Sweeper is no different. It's kind of funny

Blue Halo + Street Sweeper = Rainbow

how it all works out too, because I have heard countless people that use little to no flash because they learned somewhere that flash should be used in moderation. Well... I'd say that's true sometimes. Just like it's true that other times your fly should look like a Las Vegas billboard advertising an all you can eat lobster and filet mignon buffet! The Street Sweeper is the Vegas buffet of flies.

I use two basic brushes on this fly, and the first one is very simple: gold and red ice dub. The second brush uses gold and red ice dub, tan craft fur, and barred UV predator wrap. the trick is to go kind of sparse with the craft fur, and cut the predator wrap fibers off the "stem" and lay them on the brush kind of sparsely. I use one entire length of predator wrap on a 15" brush. I'd recommend making up a bunch of these brushes before you start tying these. For more information on how to make a dubbing brush, and a list of tools to make great streamer brushes, click HERE.

Gold
Hook: Gamakatsu B10S #1 (+)
Thread: Danville 140 - White (+)
Tail: Nature's Spirit Prime Long Marabou - Tan (+)
Body (in brush) Ice Dub - Gold (+)
Body (in brush) Ice Dub - Red (+)

Articulation beads - Ruby Red (+)
Articulation wire - (+)
Flymen fish spine shank - 15mm (+)

Hook: Gamakatsu B10S 1/0 (+)
Eyes: Fish Skull Living Eyes - Fire 8mm (+)
Tail: Nature's Spirit Prime Long Marabou - Tan (+)
Body (in brush) Ice Dub - Gold (+)
Body (in brush) Ice Dub - Red (+)
Collar (in brush) Ice Dub - Gold (+)
Collar (in brush) Ice Dub - Red (+)
Collar (in brush) Craft Fur - Tan (+)
Collar (in brush) Predator Wrap - Barred UV (+)

Silver
Hook: Gamakatsu B10S #1 (+)
Thread: Danville 140 - White (+)
Tail: Nature's Spirit Prime Long Marabou - Muskrat Gray (+)
Body (in brush) Ice Dub - Silver (+)
Body (in brush) Ice Dub - Red Red (+)

Articulation beads - Ruby Red (+)
Articulation wire - (+)
Flymen fish spine shank - 15mm (+)

Hook: Gamakatsu B10S 1/0 (+)
Eyes: Fish Skull Living Eyes - Ice 8mm (+)
Tail: Nature's Spirit Prime Long Marabou - Muskrat Gray (+)
Body (in brush) Ice Dub - Silver (+)
Body (in brush) Ice Dub - Red (+)
Collar (in brush) Ice Dub - Silver (+)
Collar (in brush) Ice Dub - Red (+)
Collar (in brush) Craft Fur - Medium gray dun (+)
Collar (in brush) Predator Wrap - Barred UV (+)

Chartpak black (+)
Chartpak Dark brown (+)
Tear Mender (+)
Loon Applicator bottle (+)
Cautery tool (+)
Loon Fluorescing Resin (+)
Streamworks 5" Scissor (+)