A Small Productive Streamer Pattern

This streamer pattern has been very productive for me. I fish it on small streams as you would fish a “BIG” streamer on a larger river. When I fish the Li’l Trigger Sucker on large rivers it fishes best (for me anyway) by working the edges and back-eddies. I fish the Li’l Trigger Sucker with a floating line and to represent an injured minnow trying to survive.

Li’l Trigger Sucker

By: Larry O Jurgens

Hook: TMC 9395, TMC 5262 or TMC 5263

Size: 8 ~ 10

Thread: Olive UTC 70

Body: Root Beer Flat Diamond Braid

Wing: Sculpin Olive Pine Squirrel Strip

Collar: Micro Olive Pine Squirrel Strip or

     Olive Pine Squirrel Hair Dubbing Loop

Trigger: Red 1/64 Holographic Mylar Motion

     (Simulates A Bleeding Gill Blood Stream)

Head: Olive or Black 5/32” Cone Head

Optional: Super Glue

 Note:

I tie this pattern several different ways; see optional Steps 3, 12, 14 & 15.

The optional steps I use the most are Steps 2 & 11 with the Micro Sculpin Olive Pine Squirrel Strip.

At Optional Step 11 tie in a dubbing loop or Micro Sculpin Olive Pine Squirrel Zonker Strip and make two to three wraps for the collar.

Tying Instructions

Step 1 Slide the cone head on to the hook shank.

Step 2 Wrap a threadbase so that the cone head is tight on the hook shank and cut off the thread.

Step 3 Optional: Apply super glue to the threadbase.

Step 4 Slide the cone over the threadbase to behind the hook eye.

Step 5 Restart the thread and wrap a thread base to above the hook barb.

Step 6 Tie in the zonker strip above the hook barb leaving enough to reach the cone head.

Step 7 Tie in the body material in front of the zonker strip.

Step 8 Move the thread to behind the cone head.

Step 9 Wrap the body material to behind the cone head. Tie in and cut off excess.

Step 10  Pull the zonker strip forward and tie in behind the cone.

Step 11 Tie in 1 ~ 2 trigger strands on each side of the hook shank.

Step 12  Optional Step: See Note. Tie in and cut off excess.

Step 13 Whip finish behind the cone head with a minimum number of wraps.

Step 14 Optional; Apply water-based head cement to the thread wraps.

Step 15 Optional; Cover the thread wraps with dubbing from the Olive Pine Squirrel strip.

Step 16 Cut zonker the tail to equal the hook shank length.

Step 17 Cut the trigger Mylar to length of your choice.