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Fire Cracker

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Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Wide-gap predator hook (Ahrex Trout Predator 610), 1/0
  • Thread White GSP 100 denier

Materials

  • Lead or lead-free wire n/a (bend + mid-shank wraps (weight))
  • Kanekalon / SF blend Silver kanekalon sf blend (tail)
  • Polar Flash (Hedron) Silver flashabou (tail flash)
  • Angelina fibre / Wing'n'flash Bronze and mirage (flash)
  • Glister Sparkle Dub (Veniard) Pearl ice dub (dubbing base)
  • Strung fuzzy fibre (Hedron) Yellow and orange strung fuzzy fibre (dubbing-loop hot spot)
  • Nayat (snow runner) Mackerel green, silver, dark grey, white (wing/profile)
  • Tape eyes To match ep minnow head brush in (1 pair, 8 mm)
  • UV resin (Deer Creek) / Liquid Fusion Clear uv resin (weight lock + head)

How to tie it

  1. Add four or five wraps of wire at the bend, push it flush, and lock it with UV resin; then add seven or eight wraps of wire mid-shank for a jigging action and cover with UV resin.
  2. Start the GSP thread, build a small bump at the hook point to stop materials sliding, then tie in a sparse silver Kanekalon/SF tail on top and bottom, tapered, with the top longer than the bottom (about 55/45); add a few strands of silver Polar Flash and bronze/mirage Angelina, blending and tapering.
  3. Glue the tail wraps, then dub a little pearl Glister Sparkle Dub over the wire to cover the thread.
  4. Form a dubbing loop, load it with a small amount of yellow strung fuzzy fibre, spin it into a brush, and wrap it forward to create a yellow band; brush it out and blend.
  5. Repeat with an orange fuzzy-fibre dubbing loop just ahead of the yellow to build the fire-tiger hot-spot color blend.
  6. Tie in Nayat over the top (and belly) in mackerel green/silver/grey/white to build the back, profile, and taper.
  7. Whip finish, add an 8 mm tape eye to each side, and coat the head with UV resin or a couple of coats of Liquid Fusion.

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