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Ginger Minner

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Intermediate · 2 versions

Note: Contested against a published dressing: This is the originating tutorial (same page the attached Fly Fish Food video belongs to), but the dressing contradicts ours on most lines. Source uses a ginger MARABOU tail and Ice Dub UV Tan body; ours says stacked ginger/tan and white craft fur or EP fibers. Source: Fly Fish Food — "Ginger Minner", Streamer Tutorials — https://www.flyfishfood.com/blogs/streamer-tutorials/ginger-minner

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 4XL-6XL streamer hook, 2-6
  • Thread Tan 6/0

Materials

  • Tail/body Ginger/tan and white craft fur or EP fibers (two stacked clumps)
  • Flash Pearl and copper Krystal Flash (sparse)
  • Hot spot Orange dubbing or Ice Dub (small collar)
  • Head Tan craft-fur underfur spun (spun and trimmed)
  • Eyes 3D adhesive (1 pair)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the hook, start thread mid-shank, and stack a white craft-fur clump on the bottom and a ginger clump on top for the tail, about one and a half shank lengths.
  2. Reverse-tie a second collar of craft fur pointing forward, then fold it back and bind it to build a tapered baitfish body; add a few strands of pearl and copper flash along the sides.
  3. Dub a small orange hot-spot collar just ahead of the body to add the taste trigger this baitfish leans on.
  4. Spin a pinch of craft-fur underfur around the hook at the front and pack it tight to form a muddler-style head.
  5. Whip finish at the eye and snip the thread.
  6. Trim the spun head into a broad minnow profile, then glue a 3D eye to each side.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie.

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