streamer
Egan's Poacher — Olive
A heavily-weighted jig streamer built for Euro nymphing rigs. Squirrel zonker tail, Ripple Ice Dub flash, Mega Simi Seal body, Brahma Hen Saddle hackle. Sinks fast, kicks on the drift.
Originated by Lance Egan
Recipe
- HookHanak 400 Jig — size 10 · Hanak
- BeadSlotted Tungsten — Black Nickel 4.6mm
- Weight.025" lead wire under-body
- ThreadDanville 140D — Olive · Danville
- TailWapsi Squirrel Zonker Strip — Sculpin Olive
- FlashHareline Ripple Ice Dub — Mother of Pearl
- BodyArizona Mega Simi Seal — Dirty Olive · Arizona Fly Fishing
- HackleWhiting Brahma Hen Saddle — Mottled Gray / Dyed Golden Olive
History
Fishing streamers on a Euro rig has quietly become one of the deadliest techniques in competition fly fishing — and the Poacher is Lance Egan's answer. A regular bead-head Woolly Bugger is too airy, too slow-sinking for the tight-line presentation this style demands. The Poacher packs in a tungsten bead, .025" lead wire under-body, a squirrel zonker tail, dirty olive Mega Simi Seal dubbing, and a hen-saddle hackle — dense enough to drop into deep slots while still animating with every rod-tip twitch. Fish it like a nymph with subtle lifts; most strikes come on the fall.
Fishing tips
Stay in contact on the drift. Strikes come on the fall, so the tension of the rig matters more than the pattern itself.