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Redfish Ritalin

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Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Daiichi 2546, 2
  • Thread To match Danville 210 flat waxed

Materials

  • Cactus chenille, medium Root beer cactus chenille (few wraps)
  • Pseudo hair (craft-fur substitute) Chartreuse/orange pseudo hair (7-8 clumps)
  • Barred sili legs - (1 pair)
  • Fluorescent-tipped sili legs - (1 pair)
  • UV polar chenille UV copper polar chenille (few wraps)
  • Palmer chenille Orange finesse chenille (few wraps)
  • Dumbbell eyes, small Chartreuse dumbbell eyes small (1 pair)
  • EP Senyo's laser dub brush (chromatic) Fire (1 length)
  • Mason hard mono, 40 lb (weed guard) - (1 piece)
  • Loon Outdoors UV Clear head cement (-)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base to the top of the bend; tie in root-beer cactus chenille and wrap up to the bend to form an anti-foul/gills base.
  2. Tie in seven or eight clumps of pseudo hair (fluff and long fibres removed) just in front of the chenille as the tail, trimming the butts to a ramp.
  3. Tie in a pair of barred sili legs and a pair of fluorescent-tipped sili legs along the sides of the tail, trimmed a little shorter than the tail.
  4. Tie in UV copper polar chenille and palmer three or four turns forward, then work the thread forward a touch to keep the fibres facing back.
  5. Tie in and palmer orange Palmer chenille (eight to ten turns), wrapping it back so the copper sweeps rearward.
  6. Tie in the small chartreuse dumbbell eyes on top with figure-eight wraps.
  7. Tie in the EP Senyo's laser-dub brush behind the eyes, palmer it forward and around the eyes catching some fibre in front, then sweep back and trim to a shrimp/baitfish shape.
  8. Tie in a Mason hard-mono weed guard (flattened, slightly bent tip) on top in front of the eyes and whip finish behind it.
  9. Coat the head/wraps with Loon UV and cure.

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