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Jungle Junkie

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Pike · Intermediate · 1 version

Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

Fly Fishing the Ozarks - Brian Wise dressing

  • Hook Kona BGH 2/0

Materials

  • Tail Bucktail
  • Tail 2 Flashabou
  • Tail 3 Lateral Scale
  • Wing Ripple Ice Fiber
  • Head Laser Dub
  • Eyes Dead Meat Customs

How to tie it

  1. Start thread near the bend and tie in a flashtail of magnum Flashabou reaching a full shank length past the hook to give the fly its length without added weight.
  2. Over the flash, tie in a clump of white bucktail top and bottom as the base of the body, then a stripe of Flashabou.
  3. Stack darker bucktail (olive/chartreuse) on top and a little white on the belly to build a perch-shaped profile; keep it sparse so the fly stays castable.
  4. Build the head in stages: spin or lash clumps of white Laser Dub on the belly and chartreuse on top, packing and brushing each rearward to blend a bulky, water-pushing perch head.
  5. Sweep and trim the Laser Dub head into a broad baitfish shape, wide at the top and tapered underneath.
  6. Set a 3-D eye on each side of the head.
  7. Whip finish at the eye, then lock the eyes and head down with a coat of clear UV resin and cure.

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