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Dark Destroyer Pike Fly

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Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Wide-gap predator hook (Partridge Absolute Predator), 4/0
  • Thread White 140 denier (Veevus PB2)

Materials

  • Big Fly Fibre Black ostrich herl (tail/body)
  • Magnum Flashabou (Hedron) Moonlight (flash)
  • Glow-in-the-dark flash (Funky) Chartreuse angel hair (accent flash)
  • Bucktail, medium Dun bucktail medium (body layers)
  • Original Flashabou (Hedron) Opal mirage tinsel medium (flash)
  • Lateral Scale (Hedron) To match lateral scale (lateral line)
  • Grizzly saddle hackle Grizzly hackle (sides)
  • Pike Skinz brush (Jerkbaitmania) Lime mcflylon (collar/profile)
  • Nayat (snow runner) Black ostrich herl (wing)
  • Wool roving + Angelina fibre Black yarn (head)
  • 3D eyes (Deer Creek Roachie) Green hair (1 pair, 10 mm)

How to tie it

  1. Start the thread near the bend and tie in a black Big Fly Fibre tail, keeping it long and tapered and adding Moonlight Magnum Flashabou plus a hint of chartreuse glow flash.
  2. Build the body forward in layers of dun bucktail (belly and back), reverse-tying and folding back to control flare, with opal Flashabou along the sides.
  3. Add a strand of lateral scale down each side for a lateral line, and tie a grizzly saddle low on each side for a wide profile.
  4. Wrap the lime Pike Skinz brush as a collar to widen and brighten the profile and exaggerate the jerk action.
  5. Tie in black Nayat over the top as a flowing wing to darken the back and add movement.
  6. Dub or spin a black wool-roving/Angelina head to cover the wraps and build a broad head.
  7. Whip finish, glue a 10 mm green 3D eye to each side, and finish the head with UV epoxy or Liquid Fusion.

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