Early season Pike on my mind so I started thinking of some ideas. Below is what I came up with.. Its unnamed currently but I am really looking forward to fishing it. Its premise was the hook, feather, flash idea of the hangtime minnow with the head style of my double down musky fly. Now for the results..
Materials
Hook-Mustad 34007 5/0
Thread-Kevlar, Natural Color
Bucktail, Black and Purple
Saddle Hackle, Purple
Flashabou, Black and Purple
Krystal Flash, Black
Arctic Fox, Black
Senyo's Laser Dub, Black
Deer Creek Gator Eyez
Deer Creek Diamond Thin
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Mount Hook and Start Thread Base |
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Cut and clean clump of bucktail from the bottom of the hide. Place on hook, tie on tightly and allow it spin around shank. Once covering shank, tie down tightly and add a dab of superglue |
Cut 10-15 strands of black flashabou. Tie in at about the 6" mark and fold the tag ends back over itself
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Select long saddle hackles and tie in allow them to ride along the top of the bucktail |
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Cut another clump of bucktail, clean, and tie in reverse style. A dab of glue at this point wont hurt! |
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I use a pen body or a big washer to help reverse the bucktail |
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Tie down tightly and add a drop of glue |
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Tie on 15-20 strands of purple flashbou the same way as you did the black. About 6" long and doubled over itself |
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Tie in two more long purple saddle hackle |
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Cut a small clump of black bucktail, clean it, and reverse tie it in |
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Take 10-15 pieces of Krystal flash and tie in the same way as flashabou above |
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Reverse tie another small clump of black bucktail |
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Reverse tie a clump of purple bucktail |
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3xl Arctic Fox |
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Cut small clumps of fox hair, trim ends, and beginning tying it around the shank. It doesn't take much fox to get a lot of bulk so be wise to how much you use. |
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Keep building up the fox hair head |
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Pull out a small clump of laser dub. Pull it apart a couple times and roll it into a shape similar to this. |
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Tie pieces of laser dub like shown above on each side of the shank and top and bottom. Tie it in on the middle of the laser dub piece like pictured. Do not double over until all four sides are tied on. Sorry if this is confusing, hard to explain in words. |
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Reverse the laser dub back on itself. Form a head and hit it with Deer Creek Diamond Hard |
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With an old toothbrush brush out the head and attach eyes with goop |
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Dont be afraid to try more colors! |
I like it.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations.
David
www.romanillosflyfishing.com