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Balanced Blank Saver Midnight Fire

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

Fly Fish Food Tie

  • Hook Umpqua XC400BL-BN, 12
  • Thread UTC Ultrathread 140 Denier - Black 140 Denier

Materials

  • Bead Plummeting Tungsten Beads - Neon Colors - 7/64" (2.8mm) - Fl. Chartreuse
  • Pin Hareline Balanced Fly Pins
  • Bead (Alternate) Firehole Stones Neon Matte Tungsten Beads - 3.0mm (1/8") - Chartreuse
  • Tail Fish Hunter Premium Strung Marabou - Black
  • Tail Flash Flashabou - Original - 6911 - Red
  • Tail Flash (Alternate) Holographic Flashabou - Cranberry
  • Body Speckled Chenille - Midnight Fire
  • Ribbing UTC Ultra Wire - Small - Red
  • Hackle Hebert Miner Hen Saddle - Black
  • Hackle (Alternate) Whiting 4B Schlappen/Bugger Saddle - Black
  • Collar STS Trilobal Dubbing - Bloody Black Leech

How to tie it

  1. Materials are listed in tie-in order. Follow the Fly Fish Food video tutorial for the full sequence.

Tying videos

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