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Baby Fat Minnow

Streamer · Largemouth Bass · Smallmouth Bass · Panfish · Intermediate · 4 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Short-shank stout carp/jig hook (Fulling Mill Bonio), #8 (6-10)
  • Thread White 70 denier flat

Materials

  • Tungsten bead Silver bead (1, 2.8mm)
  • Chickabou / marabou White marabou (1 clump (tail))
  • Ice Dub Pearl/callibaetis (collar)
  • Bruiser Blend dubbing Gray holo (top) + cream (bottom) (head)
  • 3D holographic eyes Super pearl (1 pair, 1/8")

How to tie it

  1. Slide the silver bead to the eye and secure it with thread wraps just above the hook point.
  2. Tie in a clump of white chickabou/marabou at the bend for a tail about twice the shank length.
  3. Dub a short collar of pearl Ice Dub behind the bead.
  4. Build the head in two colors: dub a wad of gray-holo Bruiser Blend on top of the shank and cream underneath, packed thick behind the bead.
  5. Sweep the dubbing back and trim the head to a broad, flat baitfish wedge. Wide top-to-bottom, tapered to the tail.
  6. Glue a 3D eye to each side of the head.
  7. Whip finish behind the bead, add a drop of cement, and brush the head fibers back.

Other versions

3 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 1, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 2, Olive.

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