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Hot Flash Minnow

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard saltwater/streamer hook, 1/0-4
  • Thread White 6/0

Materials

  • Body Pearl braid or Mylar tubing (Full shank)
  • Belly White bucktail (A sparse pinch)
  • Flash Pearl and holographic flash (A pinch)
  • Wing/back Chartreuse or olive bucktail (A sparse pinch)
  • Gills/hot spot Red flash or thread (A few fibers)
  • Eyes Adhesive stick-on (Pair)
  • Head UV resin (As needed)

How to tie it

  1. Start the thread behind the eye and wrap a base back to the bend.
  2. Tie in pearl braid at the bend and wrap it forward in touching turns to just behind the eye for a flashy body; tie off.
  3. Flip the hook and tie a sparse pinch of white bucktail as a belly, extending about half a shank past the bend.
  4. On top add a pinch of pearl and holographic flash, then a sparse pinch of chartreuse or olive bucktail as the back, matching the flash length.
  5. Add a few red fibers at the throat as gills, then build a smooth tapered thread head and whip finish.
  6. Press a stick-on eye to each side and coat the head and eyes with UV resin, cure, for a durable baitfish head.

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