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Galloup's Micro Peanut Envy

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook wide-gap streamer hooks, articulated, #10 (front) and rear (articulated, ~2 in total)
  • Thread match body (olive, tan, black, white) 6/0 (140 denier)

Materials

  • Rear tail Strung marabou (1 plume, shank length)
  • Flash Lateral Scale (few strands each side)
  • Body Ice Dub (dubbed both sections)
  • Body hackle MFC barred saddle hackle (1 per section)
  • Legs Fly enhancer / rubber legs (2 per side)
  • Connection Senyo Intruder wire + 3D bead (1 loop)
  • Head Brass bead (4.8 mm)

How to tie it

  1. REAR HOOK: tie in a shank-length marabou tail with a few strands of flash, dub an Ice Dub body, palmer a barred saddle hackle collar, add two rubber legs per side, and whip finish.
  2. FRONT HOOK: connect the rear with Senyo Intruder wire threaded through a 3D bead and lash it down so the joint hinges freely.
  3. Tie in a marabou skirt with flash over the joint, then dub the body forward and palmer another barred hackle collar with rubber legs.
  4. Slide a 4.8 mm brass bead to the eye (the Micro uses a bead instead of the standard Peanut Envy's cone) and secure it.
  5. Whip finish behind the bead and pick out the Ice Dub for a full, buggy profile.
  6. At about two inches, this is the smallest Peanut Envy, so keep every component sparse and in proportion.

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