| Lefty's Deceiver | |
|---|---|
| Artificial fly | |
 White and Chartreuse Fur Deceiver | |
| Type | Streamer |
| History | |
| Creator | Lefty Kreh |
| Created | 1950s |
| Materials | |
| Typical sizes | 8-2/0 |
| Typical hooks | TMC 811S stainless saltwater or equivalent |
| Thread | White 3/0, 6/0 or equivalent |
| Tail | Four to six white saddle hackles |
| Body | Silver tinsel |
| Wing | White bucktail |
| Topping | Silver krystal flash |
| Head | White thread |
| Uses | |
| Primary use | All species of saltwater and fresh water gamefish |
| Reference(s) | |
| Pattern references | Whitelaw, Ian (2015). The History of Fly-Fishing in Fifty Flies. New York: Abrams. pp. 140–143. ISBN 9781617691461. |
The Lefty's Deceiver is an artificial fly streamer pattern used in fly fishing for freshwater and saltwater species. The fly was originated by fly angler and author Lefty Kreh in the Chesapeake Bay for striped bass. The original fly was tied to resemble smelt, a common striped bass forage. The Deceiver is arguably the best known saltwater fly pattern in the world and in 1991 the U.S. Postal Service honored Kreh’s creation with a postage stamp.[1]
- ^ Bas Verschoor (November 30, 1998). "Philatelic phlies--Do Postal Services have notions of flyfishing? Do flyfishers have something in common with stamp collectors?". Globalflyfisher.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016.