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Brent's Bronzeback Baitfish

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Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Owner Mosquito (wide gape), 1
  • Thread White 3/0 flat waxed

Materials

  • Craft fur, extra select (tail) White craft fur (1 clump)
  • Barred craft fur (tail topping) Brown/tan barred craft fur (1 clump)
  • Flash 'n Slinky fiber (body) Wild olive (1 bunch, folded in half)
  • Senyo's Laser Dub (throat/belly) Shrimp pink (1 clump)
  • Flash 'n Slinky fiber (mid-wing) White craft fur (1/3 bunch, tapered)
  • SF fibers (lateral line) Pink ears (few strands per side)
  • Flash 'n Slinky fiber (top wing) Brown flash n slinky fiber (small tapered bunch)
  • Molded prism eyes Silver/gold material (1 pair)
  • UV resin (Solarez Bone Dry) + Marine Goop Clear uv resin (head + eyes)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base and tie in a clump of white extra-select craft fur at the bend for the tail, taking plenty of good tight turns.
  2. Tie a clump of barred brown/tan craft fur on top of the white tail.
  3. Fold a bunch of wild olive Flash 'n Slinky in half over the thread, taper the ends, and tie it in on top just ahead of the tail tie-in.
  4. Under the shank, tie in shrimp pink laser dub to cover the bottom of the fly as the belly/throat.
  5. Cut the white Flash 'n Slinky into thirds for a tapered wing (avoid blunt ends), and tie it in just behind the eye. A little on each side and coming around the bottom.
  6. Tie a few pink SF fibers along each side as a lateral line.
  7. Tie a small, well-tapered bunch of brown Flash 'n Slinky over the top so it envelopes the top corners. Keep it sparse; overdressing is the common streamer mistake.
  8. Build a neat head with firm tension (flat thread is slippery), whip finish, coat the head with Bone Dry UV resin, and cure.
  9. Glue a molded prism eye to each side of the head with a dollop of Marine Goop.

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