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Mena's Double Fuego

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Front: jig streamer/nymph hook with lead eyes; Rear: short-shank streamer hook or 15mm shank, joined by wire, #4-6 (articulated two-part)
  • Thread Match color (black / tan) 140 denier

Materials

  • Lead eyes Large lead dumbbell eyes (front hook) for jig action (1 pair)
  • Rear body Metallic Ice Dub (Copper, Gold or Holo Silver), brushed (as needed)
  • Tail Marabou (matching) with a few strands of matching flash (1 plume)
  • Articulation Intruder/backing wire threaded through 1-2 beads on the front shank (1 loop)
  • Front collar Marabou (matching) (1 plume)
  • Head Bruiser Blend dubbing (matching), spun in a loop and brushed out to push water (as needed)

How to tie it

  1. Rear hook: tie in a marabou tail with a few strands of flash at the bend, then dub/brush a body of metallic Ice Dub forward and tie off. This all-synthetic rear shimmies.
  2. Connect the rear hook to the front hook with a loop of intruder/backing wire threaded through a couple of beads on the front shank; lash it down.
  3. Front hook: tie the large lead dumbbell eyes on top (this gives the jig, up-and-down action).
  4. Behind the eyes wrap a marabou collar so it flares back over the joint.
  5. Spin metallic Ice Dub and then Bruiser Blend dubbing in a dubbing loop, wrap it as a head around/behind the eyes, and brush it out so it pushes water.
  6. Whip finish at the eye and brush the head and collar back.

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