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Conehead Jj

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 3XL streamer hook, 4-10
  • Thread Black 140 denier

Materials

  • Cone Gold conehead (1)
  • Tail Yellow marabou with pearl flash (one plume)
  • Body Yellow chenille (one strand)
  • Hackle Brown and grizzly saddle, palmered together (2 feathers)
  • Legs White/barred rubber legs (3 pairs)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the gold cone to the eye and mount the hook. Start thread and run it to the bend.
  2. Tie in a yellow marabou tail one shank length long with a few strands of pearl flash.
  3. Bind in the brown and grizzly hackles by their tips and tie in the yellow chenille at the bend.
  4. Wrap the chenille forward to behind the cone and tie off.
  5. Palmer both hackles forward together in 5-6 open turns and tie off behind the cone.
  6. Add three pairs of rubber legs splayed along the sides, then build a collar behind the cone.
  7. Whip finish and cement.

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