Pattern Note:  (Corrected 10/31/2024) Similar to Bert Quimby’s Galloping Ghost streamer, as described in Bates, Joseph D ,Jr. Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing. Galloping Ghost differs as it has silver tag, red tail, orange body with silver embossed tinsel, throat is more orange than yellow, and wing has only 2 Bali duck feathers. Note Galloping Ghost is a variant of Jesse Wood, which has embossed tinsel body and furnace throat, red tail

Reference:  American Museum of Fly Fishing, Manchester, VT, as noted in http://www.rareandunusual.com/tcs.html, and Schmookler & Sils poster: “Carrie Stevens Rangeley Favorite Trout and Salmon Flies”. This fly also appears in Forgotten Flies (Schmookler & Sils) p. 378. Framed specimen in the Joseph Bates-William Cushner collection at the American Museum of Fly Fishing, accession # 1985.001.160. Examination of this specimen identified there is a tag of flat silver tinsel. Joseph Bates claimed this fly was tied circa 1925 by Carrie Stevens in the presence of Herb Welch, and later gifted to Bates by Stevens.

Pattern Recipe

Tag: Silver Flat

Body:  Yellow

Rib:  Silver Flat

Throat:  Yellow

Wing:  Baikal teal shoulder (4 feathers)

Cheek:  Jungle Cock

Head:  Black, No red band (!)