all yellow (jaune)

3/0 thread
six saddle hackles
bucktail
brass dumbell eyes

Half-and-Half or Deceiver style

Hook - Mustad Model 9672/Size 8
Thread - Black UNI-Thread (6/0)
Underbody - Tan Foam Triangle (1″ long x 3/8″ wide)
Tails - Legs Alive (Brown)
Body - Six strands of peacock herl (reinforced with tying thread)
Hopper Legs - TNT Hopper Legs (Brown legs colored with red and green Sharpie Markers)
Upper Body - Brown Foam Triangle (1″ long x 3/8″ wide)
Front legs - Legs Alive (Brown/Two strands each side)
Strike Indicator - Small strip of yellow foam (1/8″ wide x 3/8″ long)

Tyed like a Los Alamos Ant Pattern, but the hopper legs are glued in with superglue before the top foam triangle is tyed down. See my post for the Los Alamos Ant for tying instructions.

Hook 8/0 *2, 0/6 *1 1/0 *1.
body deer hare
red 3-d eye
100 pound test mono

nil

#6, 4X long hook
A dark brown magnum zonker strip
Black or Brown sili legs
A small cone head
Medium Gold wire
.03 lead wire
Black rabbit dubbing
Black or brown thread of choice

1) Debarb hook and slide cone head on, and stick on a three inch zonker strip on the hook with about an inch sticking out past the hook bend.

2)Put the hook in the vise and wrap the hook shank with lead wire starting even with the hook point all the way to the cone.

3)start your thread on the lead wire and wrap it to the bend of the hook. Part the rabbit fur to expose the skin and tie it down with 8 to 10 thread wraps

4)wrap in a 5 inch piece of gold wire with the long end pointing out with the tail.

5)start to dub the whole body with black rabbit dubbing

6)pull forward the rabbit strip and tie it mataka style to the cone head (mataka style is widely wrapping the wire around the rabbit strip).

7)Tie off everything at the cone head and tie in two rubber legs per side, trim the legs between the bend of the hook and the end of the tail, then dub the thread wraps and tie off.

head foam
body craft foam
wing turkey tail
legs silli legs
hackle chartruese saddle hackle

slide head on and paint to suit
cut foam 2 stripstie on hook so the tail extends past hook bend work thread back creating 4 body segments work thread back up to center of hook tie in wings and legs work forward one segment tie in hackle wrap to back of head tie of whip finish and cast for some great gill action

19 hooks
deer hair
mono
marker

do not attempt to tie this in a hurry it will injur you or possibly scar you for life

Red Marabou
White Marabou
Red 140 Denier Thread
3X Long Nymph Hook
Red 5 inch pieces of chenille (3 strands)
Lead Wire (optional)

1. Lay down thread base
2. Braid chenille pieces together and knot at both ends
3. Tie chenille braid onto hook halfway along hook shank just behind knot
4. Cut off knot ahead of thread
5. Tie in white marabou where knot was
6. Tie in red marabou on top of white marabou
7. Go under marabou and wrap thread back to knot at back of “tail”
8. Tie in red marabou ahead of knot
9. Tie in white marabou on top of red marabou
10. Cover all of ends of marabou with thread (at this end)
11. Wrap thread forward to front marabou, then under until you are back to where you tied the marabou to the hook.
12. Trim off ends of marabou at front in a round shape to make a “head”
13. End with whip finish and fly head cement to all exposed thread
14. (optional) If you would like to change to a sub surface lure, tie in lead wire under the hook marabou. If you want it to be a topwater, tie according to instructions.

Hook 1/0 4X Streamer or Your choice.
Thread 6/0 Black some may opt for kevlar
Bunny fur Black 3/8 to 1/2″ 2X hook length
Bunny fur Red cross cut 1″
Bunny fur white 1/8″ about 2 1/2″
Super glue and lots of it. Do not put on hide, put on thread.

I have also tied this with pink, Firetiger and solid white with green in smaller sizes hoping to try it out on tiger trout but have not gone yet.

De- barb hook, and tie on thread, starting where You want the gill flare to stop. Tie heavy enough to cover the hook well with thread down to the barb. Cut wide black bunny fur 3/8 - 1/2″ double the length of the hook and taper the front. Now measuring the top zonker strip You want to tie the back in so the taper comes about 1/8″ short of the eye, this will help You stretch it better over the body so it glues down right. I separate My zonker fur with a dubbing needle and then wet the fur well so it parts evenly then tie down with 6-8 tight wraps. Bring Your thread now to the other side of the strip and tie 4-5 wraps before gluing down Your wraps in the back section. Now tie in the 1/8″ white straight cut bunny strip and then glue the threads all the way to 1/8″ of the thread start near the eye. Pull the fur back as You wrap and tie off really well when 1/4″ to the front and snip off then glue again. Now take Your Red crosscut fur strip. You will only need 2 wraps max here. I like to shave off about 1/8″ of fur to help with a more secure tie in. Glue the thread forwards and tie in the red and palmer that forward 2 wraps or to Your liking. Tie it off well and glue again, remember, these are pike flies so I like to really build up after every addition and glue. I have gotten 38 pike and 3 walleye on the same fly and that says a lot for gluing as I don’t use kevlar but sewing thread. Now You need to part the fur from front to back, a small brush, comb or dubbing needle will do. once parted and You are happy, pull the fur down all the way on both sides and apply glue down the length to the body not the zonker strip. Gluing to the zonker hide directly can cause it to burn and harden up. You still need stretch in Your zonker strip. So now You have the fur pulled down on the body and the glue down on the spine of the fly, stretch the zonker strip over and tie in the taper near the eye. Some people like a good 1/4″ to 3/8″ of bare shank on pike flies, if thats the case move the whole pattern back that amount. Tie a good solid head on near the eye and glue well. When the glue dries You can add fleximent or clear coat whatever You desire, I have even added eyes to this fly but when I lose one it swims poorly. You can also weight it, but I find it nice and light this way and with no weight I can work it nice and slow with huge results. This is a fast and very easy beginner fly to tie, also it takes a huge beating.

Hook : size 10
body : 4mm foam
Legs : living rubber

Tie on to hook
cut shape out of foam leaving a tag at the head tail
tie in tail of foam at the bend in the hook then work your thread to the eye of the hook where you will tie on the head tag whip finish
color the foam with markers
with a needle add the rubber legs
coat entire bug (except legs) with 5 min epoxy

Hackle, Rubber legs, Foam, Dubbing.

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