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High Carb Minnow

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Largemouth Bass · Pike · Walleye · Intermediate · 2 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Streamer hook (Fulling Mill streamer stripper), 4-6
  • Thread White/to match 140 denier

Materials

  • Tungsten cone Silver/to match tungsten cone (1 (small))
  • Tungsten bead To match bead (1 small)
  • Lead wire (0.02) Natural lead wire (a few wraps)
  • Craft fur (tail) White and cream craft fur (2 clumps)
  • Polar chenille (medium) Pearl/white polar chenille (1 length)
  • Bruiser Blend Jr (head) Cream (top) and white (bottom) (2 clumps)

How to tie it

  1. Add a few wraps of 0.02 lead to the hook, slide the tungsten cone forward over the lead, secure it with Loon UV glue and cure; add a tungsten bead as needed and start the thread behind the cone.
  2. Comb and taper a clump of white craft fur and tie in a tail about 2.5-3x the shank length.
  3. Tie in a clump of cream craft fur just in front of the white to build the taper.
  4. Tie in medium polar chenille and wrap it forward to the cone to puff out the head, sweep the fibers back, whip finish behind the cone and cement.
  5. Reattach the thread behind the eye and tie in a sparse clump of Bruiser Blend Jr, cream on top and white on the bottom, so the fibers just cover the cone.
  6. Fan the cream over the top half and the white over the bottom half of the hook, sweep them back, and lock down with a few wraps.
  7. Build a small head, whip finish and cement.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie.

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