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EJ's Spring Break Minnow

Baitfish · Snook · Redfish · Sea Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Short-shank saltwater hook (Gamakatsu SC15), 1-2
  • Thread Clear (monofilament) fine mono

Materials

  • SF Fibers Red (gills) and white (belly) (underbody)
  • Pseudo hair / polar fiber White craft fur (body layer 1)
  • Pseudo hair / polar fiber Olive craft fur (body layer 2 (back))
  • Lateral scale flash (thin) To match lateral scale (lateral line)
  • Eyes Yellow mcflylon (1 pair)
  • Zap-A-Gel + Loon UV thin Clear uv resin (eyes + finish)

How to tie it

  1. Start the mono thread and wrap back to just in front of the hook point (not all the way to the bend).
  2. Tie in a tiny tuft of red SF Fibers first for bleeding gills, then a short clump of white SF Fibers over it as an anti-foul underbelly; trim.
  3. Tie in a tapered clump of white pseudo hair (about three small bunches) on top, combed and de-fuzzed, kept a little shorter than the top layer to come.
  4. Tie in a clump of olive pseudo hair on top as the back, slightly longer than the white, tapering the tie-in end and keeping the thread nose small; tie it in a touch forward so it wiggles.
  5. Tie in thin lateral-scale flash as a lateral line down between the white and olive, three wraps per side and around the nose; trim slightly longer than the body.
  6. Whip finish carefully (mono can unravel) and clip.
  7. Put a small dab of Zap-A-Gel on the lateral scale on each side, slide a yellow eye into place with a bodkin, then finish the head with a light coat of Loon UV thin and cure; taper the belly if needed.

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