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Don's Goldfish Booby Baitfish

Streamer · Baitfish · Stillwater · Trout · Intermediate · 2 versions

Sport Fishing on the Fly dressing

  • Hook Mustad R50, 8
  • Thread Yellow Fluoro Brite

Materials

  • Eyes 6mm Yellow Round Foam
  • Tail UV2 Yellow Rabbit
  • Body Fluoro Yellow Straggle String
  • Wing UV2 Fire Tiger Rabbit

How to tie it

  1. Lay a short base of Yellow Fluoro Brite thread.
  2. Cut the 6mm Yellow Round Foam in half (one piece gives two sets of eyes). Lay one half crosswise behind the hook eye, pull the first wrap tight, then figure-8 to lock the eyes in.
  3. Bind in a small clump of UV2 Yellow Rabbit at the bend for the tail, measured about a body length, and build a little bulk under it. Take at least one wrap around the base of the tail itself.
  4. Bind in the Fluoro Yellow Straggle String at the bend, advance the thread to the eyes, and wrap the straggle forward, stroking the fibres back on every turn for a full body. Tie off behind the eyes.
  5. Measure a clump of UV2 Fire Tiger Rabbit to about half the tail length, trim any excess, bind it in behind the eyes and then wrap over the eyes.
  6. Move the thread in front of the eyes, whip finish there to form a small yellow head, and cut.
  7. Trim the sharp corners off the foam eyes to round them slightly.

Other versions

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