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Purple Smelt Pattern Ora Smith NH Fly

1/13/2018

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I was visiting with a friend an few weeks back and he has a great deal of NH fishing experience.  We were discussing Lake Sunapee, which is basically in my back yard.  It's a lake I drive by a lot and always say to myself......I need to fish that lake at ice out this year.  Determined to do it I began poking around at fly patterns that might work.  My friend said he knew people who fish a Purple Smelt back in the day and the results were good.  In my research I came upon Ora Smith's Purple Smelt Pattern in both a tandem and on a single streamer hook.  
I never met Ora but I have researched him and spoked to loads of folks who knew him.  My guess is he was a practice tyer and used materials that he could get locally.  One thing that he used a lot of was teal flank feathers for cheeks on streamers.  Last year I tied a load of his patterns and had great results with many that had teal cheeks.
We will give it a try on Lake Sunapee this spring and report back.
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Paul Diekmann
4/9/2018 05:04:28 pm

Scott, attempting to tie the purple smelt and fish open water this week. Both will be challenging. Paul

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