Bob Petti
New York
Bob, age
37 (2002), currently lives in the Southern Tier of NY,
just west of the Catskills.
Bob is an accomplished writer and you can read his articles by clicking on them
at the Global
Flyfisher web site.
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Tier: Bob Petti
Hook:
TMC 7999, #2.
Thread: Black.
Body: Rear 2/3 flat gold mylar. tinsel, Front 1/3 hot orange
SLF.
Veil: Gold Flashabou.
Rib: Oval gold tinsel, over SLF only.
Hackle: Black pheasant rump.
Collar: Gadwall.
Wing: Hot orange hackle tips.
Note: Photo by Bob Petit.
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Tier: Bob Petti
Thread:
Black
Note: Photo by Bob Petit.
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Tier: Bob Petti
Tag:
Flat silver tinsel.
Body: Orange floss.
Rib: Flat silver tinsel.
Throat: White bucktail with
golden pheasant crest, curved
upward.
Wing: Peacock herl, golden
pheasant crest, curved
downward, with 4 strands
gray saddle hackle on top.
Shoulder: Silver pheasant body
feathers.
Cheeks: Jungle cock.
Head: Black with orange center band.
Note: The Grey Ghost was named by Frank Bugbee of Connecticut and designed to represent a smelt.
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Tier: Bob Petti
Hook:
TMC 7999, #2.
Thread: Black.
Underbody: Flat silver tinsel.
Tag: Flat silver tinsel (some of the underbody left bare).
Body: Rear 2/3 hot pink flat waxed nylon, front 1/3 black
SLF.
Veil: A doubled strand of hot pink flat waxed nylon.
Rib: Oval silver tinsel, over SLF only.
Hackle: Black pheasant rump.
Collar: Gadwall.
Wing: Black hackle tips.
Note: Photo by Bob Petit.
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Tier: Bob Petti
Hook:
Partridge Bartleet CS10/1, #6.
Thread: Black.
Body: Rear 1/2 flat silver mylar tinsel, front 1/2 black SLF.
Rib: Oval silver tinsel.
Hackle: Black pheasant rump over SLF only.
Collar: Guinea hen.
Wing: Bronze mallard.
Note: Photo by Bob Petit.
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