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Milkfish Snack

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Reference Recipe

  • Hook Saltwater hook (fished bendback / point-up)

Materials

  • Craft fur White craft fur (wing base)
  • Dyed sheep's wool Two spirulina/algae colors (overwing)
  • Crystal Flash (4 strands)
  • Arctic fox Spirulina/algae green (soft body/wing)
  • Ice Dub
  • Shrimp chenille Fluorescent pink chenille (egg-sack collar)
  • Crystal Flash UV blue flash (copepod nose)
  • UV dab (optional plankton sheen)

How to tie it

  1. Tie in a short bunch of white craft fur over the shank in a slightly bent-back style, so the fly rides hook-point-up.
  2. Add a dyed sheep's-wool overwing in two spirulina/algae colors to box up and bulk out the wing (the wool is buoyant and translucent).
  3. Add four strands of Crystal Flash for a little translucence.
  4. Add a bunch of soft arctic fox in a true spirulina/algae color for the main algae-like wing/body.
  5. Tie everything down, then spin a small soft rope of Ice Dub and take a couple of turns, teasing it out (a touch of super glue helps hold it).
  6. Add a collar of fluorescent pink shrimp chenille to represent the shrimp egg-sack and act as a strike stimulator.
  7. Finish the nose with UV blue Crystal Flash to form the little blue copepod; optionally work in a UV dab to suggest a plankton cluster.

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