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Lake Erie Shiner

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

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Streamer hook (Daiichi 1530), 6
  • Thread Black 140 denier

Materials

  • Sparkle braid (belly)
  • Arctic fox White uni stretch (wing)
  • Flashabou Rainbow
  • Thin raccoon (finn raccoon) Olive ostrich herl (over-wing)
  • Senyo's Predator Wrap Barred clear senyo s predator wrap (optional back)

How to tie it

  1. Start black thread just behind the eye, leaving room for a thread head, and lay a foundation of thread back to the barb, then back up to the start.
  2. Tie in the sparkle braid a couple of eye-lengths behind the eye and wrap it back to the barb in tight side-by-side wraps to form a smooth belly base; return the thread to the front.
  3. Wind the sparkle braid forward in tight side-by-side wraps, pulling firmly every three or four wraps to lock it, stopping about two eye-lengths behind the eye. Tie off underneath and trim.
  4. Tie in the white arctic fox wing (about half a pencil's worth) at full length; first comb out the underfur, then trim the butts at an angle so they build a tapered thread head as you lash them down.
  5. Double a few strands of rainbow Flashabou around the thread, bring it to the top of the shank and wrap back toward the wing; spread it with a thumbnail so it veils over the fox, then trim it about a quarter inch past the wing.
  6. Tie in the olive thin raccoon over-wing (a little less material than the fox), combed out, trimming the butts at an angle; use a loose trapping wrap then tighten and work the thread to the eye and back to cover evenly.
  7. Optional: lay a small clump of barred Senyo's Predator Wrap on top as a darker back. Tie it in reversed then fold it back over itself so the slick synthetic can't pull out; comb through to blend.
  8. Build a neat thread head, whip finish and cement.

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