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Cuda Killer

Baitfish · Barracuda · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Stainless saltwater streamer hook, 1/0-3/0
  • Thread Chartreuse / clear mono flat waxed

Materials

  • Tail/body Chartreuse over green over white (long saddle hackles or synthetic hair)
  • Flash Pearl and chartreuse Flashabou (1 bunch)
  • Collar Chartreuse bucktail (1 sparse bunch)
  • Eyes Painted or stick-on (1 pr)
  • Head Chartreuse arctic fox (thread + epoxy/UV resin)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the long-shank hook and start thread at the rear of the shank.
  2. Tie in a long slim tail of stacked saddle hackle or synthetic hair, white on the bottom and green then chartreuse on top, about three shank lengths long for a needlefish profile.
  3. Add pearl and chartreuse Flashabou over and through the tail to mimic the juvenile bonefish it imitates.
  4. Build a sparse chartreuse bucktail collar around the front to fill the head transition.
  5. Wrap a smooth tapered thread head and let it dry.
  6. Set stick-on eyes on each side of the head.
  7. Coat the head with UV resin or epoxy over the eyes, whip finish under it, and let cure to a hard baitfish head.

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