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Burkus' Henry's Lake Thin Mint

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

• Hook 3XL streamer hook (e.g. Hanak H950 or TMC 5263), 6-10
• Thread Black 6/0 (140 denier)

Materials

• Bead Pink/salmon tungsten bead (1)
• Weight Lead-free wire underbody (8-10 turns)
• Tail Sandwiched marabou: black, fluorescent melon/orange, brown, with olive Flashabou (3 clumps + flash)
• Body Peacock or bronze-peacock Simi Seal / Ice Dub (as needed)
• Hackle Brown/coachman-brown saddle, palmered (1 feather)
• Rib Clear mono/Powerflex tippet 5X (1 strand)

How to tie it

1. Slide the pink tungsten bead to the eye and wrap a lead-free wire underbody, shoving it into the back of the bead to lock it.
2. Tie in a sandwich tail one shank length long: black marabou underneath, fluorescent melon/orange in the middle, brown on top, with a few strands of olive Flashabou; the tricolor stack gives the Thin Mint its look.
3. Tie in a brown saddle hackle by the tip and a strand of mono rib at the base of the tail.
4. Dub a shaggy peacock Simi Seal body forward to the bead.
5. Palmer the hackle forward in evenly spaced turns, then counter-wrap the mono rib forward through the hackle to lock it in and add durability. Whip finish behind the bead.
6. Pick out the dubbing to make the body buggy.

Tying videos

• Burkus' Henry's Lake Thin Mint — Fly Fish Food (YouTube)
• Burkus' Henry's Lake Thin Mint — InTheRiffle (YouTube)

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