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Coyote

Streamer · Largemouth Bass · Smallmouth Bass · Pike · Trout · Intermediate · 2 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 4XL streamer hook (1X strong), 8-12
  • Thread Black 140

Materials

  • Silver tinsel Silver / holographic tinsel (large (body))
  • Bucktail White bucktail
  • Bucktail Black bucktail
  • Coyote body fur (wing)

How to tie it

  1. Put a 4XL streamer hook (#8-12) in the vise, pinch the barb, and start black 140 thread up front.
  2. Tie in a strand of silver (holographic) tinsel, wrap it to the rear, then back forward in touching turns to about two eye-lengths behind the eye and tie off (don't worry about a little black showing through).
  3. Tie a medium tuft of white bucktail on top with a couple of loose wraps, then spin it so it distributes all the way around the shank for a shaggy collar; trim the butts close.
  4. Tie a small tuft of black bucktail on top (cord the thread clockwise and go straight into tight wraps so it stays on top rather than spinning); snip the excess.
  5. Tie a clump of coyote body fur on top as the wing, deliberately leaving much of the crinkly underfur in for bulk; snip the butts and lick your fingers to mat them before finishing.
  6. Wrap a neat streamer head, whip finish, and add head cement.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Dace.

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