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Drunk N' Disorderly

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Pike · Advanced · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook articulated streamer (Gamakatsu B10S), sections joined by intruder wire and beads, 1/0 front, 2 rear
  • Thread olive GSP 100

Materials

  • Tail Olive/black material (olive marabou veiled with black Flashabou)
  • Rear body Gold UV material (polar chenille)
  • Collar Light olive swannundaze (rabbit zonker)
  • Flank Olive mallard flank (mallard flank)
  • Head Olive ostrich herl (spun deer hair, trimmed to a wedge)
  • Eyes Earth (Fish-Skull living eyes)
  • Connection n/a (intruder wire + 2 beads)

How to tie it

  1. Start on the rear hook: mount it, start thread, and tie in an olive marabou tail veiled with black Flashabou, about one shank long.
  2. Wrap gold UV polar chenille forward to the eye, sweeping fibers back, then whip finish the rear section.
  3. Join the front hook to the rear with intruder wire threaded through two beads, then start thread on the front hook.
  4. Palmer a light-olive rabbit collar, then tie in olive mallard flank around it for a swept, breathing collar.
  5. Spin and stack olive deer hair to fill the front third, packing each bunch tight.
  6. Whip finish at the eye, then trim the deer-hair head into a broad wedge, flat on the bottom and angled on top so it dives and rolls.
  7. Glue Fish-Skull eyes to the sides and coat the head bottom with UV resin for a hydrophobic diving face.

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