Traditional New England Streamer Collection – 18 Flies with FREE Waterproof Fly Box
Celebrate one of New England's great fly-fishing traditions with this carefully selected collection of 18 classic New England streamer flies. These patterns reflect the streamer-fishing heritage made famous on the lakes, ponds, rivers, and legendary sporting waters of Maine and northern New England.
Designed primarily to suggest smelt, minnows, and other baitfish, these traditional streamers are excellent choices for landlocked salmon, brook trout, brown trout, and other predatory gamefish. Fish them by casting, swinging, stripping, or trolling along shorelines, shoals, drop-offs, stream mouths, and areas where gamefish are pursuing bait.
This collection includes 18 traditional streamer flies plus a FREE waterproof fly box to keep your streamers protected, organized, and ready to fish.
Grey Ghost Streamer – Quantity 3
Perhaps the most famous of all Maine streamer flies, the Grey Ghost is closely associated with legendary Rangeley fly tier Carrie G. Stevens. Developed during the 1920s in Maine's Rangeley Lakes region, the Grey Ghost was designed to suggest the slim profile and coloration of a smelt.
Its distinctive layered feather wing, silver body, and contrasting markings create a classic baitfish silhouette. The Grey Ghost remains an excellent streamer for landlocked salmon and brook trout, particularly when fish are feeding on smelt. Cast or troll it around drop-offs, shoals, points, stream mouths, and open-water feeding areas.
Black Ghost Streamer – Quantity 2
The Black Ghost is another legendary Maine streamer, created by noted Rangeley fly tier, guide, artist, and taxidermist Herb Welch. Its dark body and contrasting light wing produce a strong silhouette and have made it a longtime favorite for landlocked salmon and trout throughout northern New England.
Try the Black Ghost during dawn, dusk, overcast weather, stained water, and other low-light conditions. It can be cast and retrieved or trolled through traditional salmon and trout water.
Governor Aiken Streamer – Quantity 2
The colorful Governor Aiken was named in honor of Vermont Governor and U.S. Senator George D. Aiken. The pattern is associated with Vermont angler Russell Merriman and became widely known throughout northern New England.
Its bright, contrasting profile makes it an attractive streamer for landlocked salmon and trout. The Governor Aiken can be cast in moving water or trolled over shoals, drop-offs, lake basins, and areas holding baitfish.
Supervisor Streamer – Quantity 2
The Supervisor is one of Maine's classic streamer patterns. The fly originated with Joseph S. Stickney, a Maine game warden supervisor, during the 1920s and became closely associated with the traditional Maine streamer style.
Its silver body and colorful feather wing combine flash with a strong baitfish profile. Fish the Supervisor for landlocked salmon and brook trout by trolling along shorelines and shoals or casting through runs, pools, and feeding lanes where fish are chasing smelt and other baitfish.
Mickey Finn Streamer – Quantity 2
Few traditional bucktail streamers are more recognizable than the Mickey Finn. Originally known as the Red and Yellow Bucktail, the pattern was later popularized under its famous name and became firmly established in traditional streamer selections throughout New England.
Its brilliant red-and-yellow bucktail wing and silver body create a highly visible attractor pattern. The Mickey Finn is particularly useful in deeper or darker water, during overcast conditions, or whenever a highly visible searching streamer is desired.
Barnes Special Streamer – Quantity 2
The Barnes Special is a classic Maine streamer created by C. Lowell Barnes, a guide associated with Maine's Sebago Lake region. The pattern combines a traditional baitfish profile with highly visible contrasting colors.
Its combination of silver, yellow, grizzly, red, and white creates flash and contrast while maintaining the long profile characteristic of classic New England streamers. The Barnes Special is particularly well suited to trolling lakes and ponds for landlocked salmon and trout when fish are feeding on smelt or other forage fish.
Green Ghost Streamer – Quantity 2
The Green Ghost is a classic Maine streamer originated by Bert Quimby of Windham, Maine. Quimby developed a series of Ghost streamers influenced by the style made famous by Carrie Stevens' Grey Ghost.
The Green Ghost's bright coloration and long feather wing create an attractive baitfish profile with excellent visibility in the water. It is a productive choice for landlocked salmon and brook trout, especially when fish are feeding on smelt. Cast or troll it around drop-offs, rocky shorelines, shoals, stream mouths, and other baitfish-feeding areas.
Traditional 9-3 Green Streamer – Quantity 1
The Traditional 9-3 Green represents the distinctive appearance of old-school New England streamer construction. Its unusual wing configuration combines a horizontal green hackle wing with a contrasting upright black hackle accent, creating a profile quite different from conventional feather-wing streamers.
The long hackles provide movement while the contrasting colors create a visible baitfish silhouette. The 9-3 Green is an excellent choice for slow trolling in landlocked salmon and brook trout waters, particularly around points, shoreline structure, shoals, and smelt-feeding areas.
Marabou Grey Ghost Streamer – Quantity 1
The Marabou Grey Ghost takes the familiar Grey Ghost concept and replaces the traditional layered feather wing with a soft marabou wing. Marabou moves continuously in the water, even at very slow speeds, giving this version a softer and more animated swimming action.
The fly retains the Grey Ghost's smelt-inspired profile while adding additional movement. Cast, strip, swing, or troll the Marabou Grey Ghost along drop-offs, shoals, points, stream mouths, and areas where salmon or trout are feeding on baitfish.
Black Ghost Marabou Streamer – Quantity 1
The Black Ghost Marabou combines the proven dark profile of the traditional Black Ghost with a flowing white marabou wing. The marabou breathes and pulses during the retrieve, producing considerable movement even when the fly is fished slowly.
The white wing against the darker body creates strong contrast that can help fish locate the fly under difficult lighting conditions. This is an excellent streamer for dawn, dusk, cloudy weather, stained water, deeper water, and other low-light situations.
Classic New England Streamer Tradition
These classic flies represent an important chapter in the history of American fly fishing. Streamers developed by or associated with tiers and anglers such as Carrie Stevens, Herb Welch, Bert Quimby, Joseph Stickney, C. Lowell Barnes, and other influential New England fly fishermen helped establish the long streamer as one of the signature flies of northern trout and salmon fishing.
Although today's anglers have access to countless modern streamer designs, these traditional patterns continue to earn a place in the fly box because they combine baitfish profiles, movement, flash, contrast, and generations of proven fishing history.
Whether you're trolling a Maine lake for landlocked salmon, working a streamer through a brook trout pond, casting along a rocky shoreline, or building a collection of historic New England flies, this 18-fly Traditional New England Streamer Collection provides an excellent assortment of some of the region's most enduring streamer patterns.
FREE Waterproof Fly Box Included
Your complete 18-fly Traditional New England Streamer Collection comes packaged in a FREE waterproof fly box to help keep your streamers protected, organized, and ready for your next day on the water.