Austin, my former dentist here in Andover had about two-dozen of various Carrie Stevens' streamers mounted on the walls or his office. We used to talk fly-fishing while I was in his chair . . . or rather, he would talk while I would say "unnng, ung-ung, unggg ung"
Anyway, he closed his practice and mover to Peterboro NH about twenty years ago.
The saddle hackles in an original Gray Ghost were not really gray at all but were more a pale lemon-bronze. I have only ever been able to find one saddle in that color and I developed my own pattern of streamer using those feathers. I is my "confidence fly" above all others for fresh water though I have taken many salt water species with it. I really think it is the color of the saddle hackles that turns the fish on so.
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