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Flying Whale

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Advanced · 5 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Articulated streamer (front B10S, rear short-shank), joined with wire and articulation bead, Front: B10S size 1; Rear: XT350 size 2
  • Thread Fluorescent yellow 6/0

Materials

  • Tail Fl. blue, fl. yellow chartreuse, and heron gray marabou (UV) (one clump each, stacked)
  • Rear body White UV material (medium badger Flexi Squishenille)
  • Flash Pearl flashabou (few strands Shimmerbou)
  • Front body White UV material (large badger Flexi Squishenille)
  • Hackle Heron gray (UV) (select schlappen, palmered front collar)
  • Head Gray/white material (EP Craft Fur brush 3in)
  • Bead Black bead (7/32in slotted tungsten (front))
  • Articulation bead White bead (3D articulation bead)

How to tie it

  1. On the rear hook, start thread and stack fl. blue, fl. yellow-chartreuse, then heron-gray marabou for a tail about one shank long.
  2. Add a few strands of pearl Shimmerbou for flash, then tie in and wrap medium badger Squishenille forward to build the rear body; whip finish.
  3. Join the front hook to the rear with intruder wire threaded through a white 3D articulation bead, then bind the wire tag ends securely along the front shank.
  4. Slide the black slotted tungsten bead to the eye, restart thread, and tie in the large Squishenille at the rear of the front hook.
  5. Wrap the Squishenille forward in touching turns, then tie in and palmer a heron-gray schlappen collar behind the bead, sweeping the fibers back.
  6. Spin an EP Craft Fur brush for the head, sweep the fibers back, and build a tapered head against the bead.
  7. Whip finish behind the bead, then brush out the fibers and marker the top of the head darker to suggest a baitfish back.

Other versions

4 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 1, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 2, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 3, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 4.

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