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Nut Cracker

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · 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 Gamakatsu Sp11 3l3h

Materials

  • Tail Rabbit strip
  • Flash Ice Wing Fiber
  • Body Marabou
  • Head Deer hair

How to tie it

  1. Lay lead-free wire along the shank for weight and start thread at the bend.
  2. Tie in a rabbit Zonker strip at the bend for a tail one to one-and-a-half shank lengths long, fur flowing back.
  3. Tie in sparkle chenille and wrap a full body forward to the 70% mark.
  4. Pull the Zonker strip forward over the back and bind it down at the 70% mark; snip the excess hide, leaving the fur.
  5. Optionally sweep a mallard flank collar around the tie-down for gills and fins.
  6. At the front third, spin and pack dense clumps of natural deer hair, working back to front.
  7. Whip finish at the eye, then trim the deer hair to a broad flat sculpin head. Wide on top, clipped close underneath.

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