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Barr's Slumpbuster

Streamer · Baitfish · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Intermediate · 2 versions

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

FlyFishermanMagazine dressing

  • Hook TMC 5263, 4-10
  • Thread Monocord 3/0

Materials

  • Cone Sized to hook, Gold
  • Rib Brassie Sized Wire
  • Body Sparkle braid
  • Wing Pine squirrel strip
  • Collar Pine Squirrel Strip, wrapped

How to tie it

  1. Slide the conehead onto the hook to the eye, mount the hook, and start thread behind the cone.
  2. Tie in the copper wire at the rear, above the hook point.
  3. Dub a slim sparkle-dubbing body forward, stopping just behind the cone.
  4. Tie in the pine squirrel strip just behind the cone so it lies over the top of the body, extending about one hook-length past the bend as a tail.
  5. Spiral the copper wire forward through the strip to bind it to the body, and tie off behind the cone.
  6. Wrap the remaining butt of the squirrel strip a couple of turns around the shank behind the cone to form a soft collar; tie off.
  7. Whip finish behind the cone.

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