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Black Nose Dace

Streamer · Salmon/Steelhead · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Salmon · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 4x-long streamer hook, 6-12
  • Thread Black 6/0

Materials

  • Tail Red buzzer wrap (Short tuft of red wool/yarn)
  • Body Silver metal tape (Flat silver tinsel)
  • Rib Silver metal tape (Oval silver tinsel (optional))
  • Wing (bottom) White uni stretch (White bucktail)
  • Wing (middle) Black ostrich herl (Black bucktail or black bear hair)
  • Wing (top) Brown permanent marker (Brown bucktail)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the hook and start thread, running it back to above the barb.
  2. Tie in a short red wool tail, no longer than the hook gap, and trim square.
  3. Bind in flat silver tinsel and wrap a smooth body forward and back to the 80% mark, then tie off.
  4. Stack a sparse bunch of white bucktail on the underside for the belly, tips reaching the tail.
  5. Add an equal bunch of black bucktail flat on top of the white as the lateral line.
  6. Cap it with a bunch of brown bucktail over the black for the back, keeping all three layers thin.
  7. Build a smooth black head, whip finish, and cement.

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