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Rattle Mullet

Baitfish · Striped Bass · Bluefish · Jack · Tarpon · Snook · Redfish · False Albacore · 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.

Rupert Harvey Flies dressing

  • Hook gammakatsu SL12, 4/0-8/0
  • Thread Danville Flat waxed White 210

Materials

  • Tail support Super hair white
  • Tail SF Blend white, and Angel Hair
  • Head 0.5 inch pearl braid tubing, SF Blend in White and Olive
  • Eyes 8 mm -12 mm 3D eyes

How to tie it

  1. Start thread at the midpoint and bind a glass rattle along the top of the shank with tight figure-8s and a drop of glue so it can't spin.
  2. At the rear of the rattle tie in a sparse clump of white bucktail for the belly, one and a half shank lengths long, and add a few strands of pearl flash.
  3. Flip the hook and stack a matching gray or olive bucktail clump over the top for the back, same length. Keep it thin. Mullet are translucent, not bushy.
  4. Wind forward building a broad baitfish shoulder, spinning small pinches of bucktail around the shank so the head fattens into a blunt mullet profile.
  5. Advance to one eye-length behind the eye, whip finish and cut the thread.
  6. Press a 3D eye low on each side of the head, then coat the whole head and eyes with UV resin or epoxy for a hard, blunt nose. Cure or let set.

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