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Rasta Puff

Shrimp · Bonefish · Permit · Redfish · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Saltwater (e.g. TMC 811S), 2-6
  • Thread Fire orange or red 140 denier

Materials

  • Bead-chain or lead eyes Silver or painted dumbbell eyes (1 pair)
  • Calf tail or craft fur (wing) Tan or red calf tail craft fur (sparse clump)
  • Flash Gold flashabou (few strands)
  • Grizzly hackle tips (overwing) Natural hackle (2)
  • Rubber legs (barred) Barred rubber legs (1-2 pairs)
  • Chenille (puff head) Red, gold, and green chenille (1 length each)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread behind the eye and lash bead-chain or small lead eyes on top at the 25% mark with figure-8s and glue. They flip it to ride hook-up.
  2. At the bend, tie in a sparse wing of tan or red calf tail reaching about 1.5 shank lengths, plus a few strands of gold flash.
  3. Add two splayed grizzly hackle tips over the wing and a pair of barred rubber legs each side for movement.
  4. Behind the eyes, tie in lengths of red, gold, and green chenille.
  5. Wind the chenille forward around and through the eyes, alternating colors, to build the puffed rasta head; tie off in front of the eyes.
  6. Whip finish behind the eye, snip, and cement; pick the chenille head out round and even the legs.

Tying videos

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