He and his fishing partners faced a rather common issue with the big streamer flies of the time—feathers fouling around the hook.

Lefty’s goal as he put it was: "I'm going to design a fly that won't foul on the cast!

"[3] The original Deceiver was all white and mimicked the prolific smelt that the Chesapeake Bay stripers foraged on.

A collar of white buck tail was layered at the top, sides and bottom of the front of the hook.

In the 1960s when Lefty Kreh relocated to South Florida and began pushing the limits of saltwater fly fishing, the Deceiver grew in popularity and in variety.