Archive for January, 2008

Spider Grub »

Magnum Zonker for the tail
Reg Zonker for the body and rabbit fur spun in a loop.
crazy legs for the skirt
bead
1/0 hook of choice

place bead and add 15 wraps of .25 lead or led sub wire. Then push it under the bead and add tie it all down. wrap thread to the bend and tie in a shank long piece of magnum zonker. Make a dubbing loop and add in 2.5 inchs of rabbit fur. wrap half the shanke with the looped fur. Tie in a zonker. leaving it hanging. take a piece of crazy legs and cut it in half. tie in the solid side of the legs and wrap it a s you tie it in. Now wrap the hanging zonker forward and tie it off. cut some fur off and make a thick dubbin collar behind the skirt. pass thread through the skirt to the bead. use a piece of wire to hold the skirt back and whip. remove wire.
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Old School Crappie »

Hook: Mustad 3399a
Thread: Danville Flymaster, 70 deneir black
Tail: Guinea Fowl
Body: Silver Mylar
Hackle: Saddle hackle, purple, stripped on one side
Rib: Silver wire
Throat: Natural mallard flank
Wing: Guinea Fowl

Tie in tail. Tie in rib, hackle, and tinsel, and wrap forward in that order. Tie in throat then wing. Build a head. Whip, snip, and fish.
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Gibby’s D.T. Special (Variation) »

Hook: Mustad 34007 No. 8-1/0
Thread: White flat-waxed monochord
Tail: White neck hackles
Flash: Peal Krystal Flash
Collar: Palmered white neck hackle
Head: Build up with thread
Eyes: 3D Prism Stick-on eyes

Attach thread at hook point, the tie in four white neck hackles (facing). They should be about the length of the hook or a little more. Add 3-4 strands of Krystal Flash. Tie in one white neck hakcle, palmer and lay back. Add eyes, then coat head with Devon 2-Ton Epoxy
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Appetizer Streamer (Bob Church) »

Hook - Mustad Model 3665A/Size 6
Thread - Black
Tail - Orange and Green hackle fibers mixed with Teal fibers
Rib - Silver Oval Tinsel
Body - White Chenille
Throat - Orange and Green hackle fibers mixed with Teal fibers
Wing - White Marabou Plume
Topping - small bunch of Gray Squirrel tail (tyed ~1/2 length of the wing)
Head - Black tying thread coated with clear nail polish

Materials are listed in the order they are attached to the hook. Detailed tying instructions can be found in The Fly-Tying Bible by Peter Gathercole (Page 186/187).
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Trout Perch »

Per Joe Bates Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing

standard streamer construction
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pheasant rump leech »

tail is pheasant rump and purple crystal flash.
collar is pheasant rump.
body- blended rabbit and lite brite dubbing.
bead head

I usually tie this in a size 10 or 12, but have tied in larger sizes for smallmouth

tie in pheasant rump maraboo at mid point on shank and tie down the barb area of hook followed by crystal flash.
Tie in pheasant rump by the tip about 1/4 shank length back from bead head. Fold rump feather and wrap about 3 wraps and tie off. Finish hook shank between pheasant rump feather and bead with the blended dupping and whip finish.
Toss in your favorite warm or cold water hole and hang on. I have never been skunked on this fly.
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Jon Boy’s Killer (variation of Mrs. Simpson streamer) »

Hook - Mustad Model 3399 / Size 4
Thread - White 6/0 UNI-Thread
Tail - White Kid Goat Hair (or Bucktail or Polar Bear)
Rear Wing - Pair of Hungarian Pheasant feathers
Rear Body - Pearl Ice Dubbing
Middle Wing - Pair of Hungarian Pheasant feathers
Front Body - Pearl Ice Dubbing and small amount of Red UV Ice dubbing (gills)
Front Wing - Pair of Teal Flank Feathers
Head - White tying thread coated with clear nail polish

Tyed like a standard Mrs. Simpson streamer. Materials are listed in the order they are attached to the hook.
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Marsters »

Hook: Mustad 3399, size 6
Tag: Gold Mylar tinsel, fine
Tail: Gray mallard flank
Body: White silk floss
Throat: Red hen saddle
Wing: Gray mallard flank

Per Don Bastian’s DVD, “Tying Classic Wet Flies.”
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Gibby’s Myakka Minnow »

Hook: Daichi 1180 No. 8-12
Thread: Ultrafine mono
Weight: .20 lead wire
Tail: Marabou trimmed short
Body: Bodi-Braid by Spirit River
Eyes: 3D prismatic stick-on
Devcon 2-Ton Epoxy

Begin thread layer and tie in a clump of marabou (color of your choice). Trim short to about 1/4 inch. Then add about 6-8 wraps of .20 lead wire. Tie in Bodi-Braid at rear of the hook and begin to build up a minnow-shaped body over the entire hook shank. The tail portion of the fly is thinner and the head is larger. Add 3D stick-on eyes and coat the body with Devcon 2-Ton Epoxy. Allow to dry. Body colors include pearl, gold or copper. I usually use chartreuse marabou, but white, yellow and other colors work as well.

The fly can be tied on any size hook. In freshwater, I’ve caught largemouth bass, bluegill, stumpknocker, shellcracker, gar, tilapia, channel catfish, oscar and Mayan cichlids. A year ago, I tied a Myakka Minnow on a No. 2 Mustad 34011 and caught several barramundi. In saltwater, I’ve caught snook, spotted seatrout, redfish, ladyfish, jack crevalle, Spanish mackerel, little tunny, bluefish, pinfish, grunts and mangrove snapper.

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PT soft hackle »

phesant tail
guard hairs
hungarian partridge
Mirage flash


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