Four (4) Lefty deceiver in various colors with a 3/0 short shank saltwater hook.
These fly are tied with Lefty's material my is son Larry Kreh. Larry as tied Lefty Deceiver since the 1960 when he first tied them with Left'y in the Chesapeake Bay area.
In the late 1950s, striped bass populations in the Chesapeake Bay were healthy and Lefty Kreh pursued them on a regular basis along the lower Eastern shore of the bay. He and his fishing partners faced a rather common issue with the big streamer flies of the time—feathers fouling around the hook. Saddle hackles secured near the eye of the hook, as was the common practice of the time, had a tendency to twist and foul around the hook bend during retrieves.[2] Fouled flies rarely deceived the wily striped bass. Lefty’s goal as he put it was: "I'm going to design a fly that won't foul on the cast! It will have a fish shape, but can be made in many lengths. You can vary the color combinations; it will also swim well but when lifted for the back cast it will be sleek and have little air-resistance."[3] The original Deceiver was all white and mimicked the prolific smelt that the Chesapeake Bay stripers foraged on.
