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Perch Baby

Streamer · Largemouth Bass · Smallmouth Bass · Pike · Walleye · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 4XL streamer hook, 4-6
  • Thread olive 6/0

Materials

  • Bucktail or craft fur White bucktail (small clump)
  • Bucktail or craft fur Yellow bucktail (small clump)
  • Bucktail or craft fur Olive bucktail (small clump)
  • Krystal Flash Pearl flashabou (6-8 strands)
  • Barred marker Black ostrich herl (as needed)
  • Stick-on eyes Yellow/black eyes (1 pair)
  • UV resin Clear uv resin (small amount)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread behind the eye and lay a smooth base back to the point.
  2. Tie in a sparse white belly clump the length of one-and-a-half shanks under the hook, tips to the rear.
  3. Roll on a pearl flash veil, then stack a yellow clump on the sides and a thin olive clump over the top so the fly reads pale-belly, dark-back like a perch fry.
  4. Build a neat thread head, whip finish, and snip the thread.
  5. Bar the olive back with vertical black marker strokes to fake the perch stripes, then set a stick-on eye each side.
  6. Coat the head and eyes with a thin skim of UV resin and cure to lock everything in.

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