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RIO's Dick's Lysergic Perch

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

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Wide-gap streamer/stinger hook (Gamakatsu B10S), 1
  • Thread Orange 6/0 (Semperfli Nano Silk)

Materials

  • Barred marabou (MFC) Yellow/black barred marabou (3-4 plumes)
  • Krystal Flash Orange holographic tinsel (3 strands doubled per side)
  • Sparkle Minnow Brush (MFC, belly) Hot yellow sparkle minnow brush
  • Sparkle Minnow Brush (MFC, body) Peacock ice dub
  • Epoxy baitfish eyes Red uv resin (4mm)

How to tie it

  1. Lock Semperfli Nano Silk 6/0 orange onto a Gamakatsu B10S size 1 hook: wrap forward to the eye and back to about the hook point, building a thread base.
  2. Prep three to four barred yellow/black MFC marabou plumes: pluck from the stem, wet each in water, align the tips, and strip away the short and loose fibers to reduce bulk.
  3. Stack the plumes tip-to-tip and measure a tail about one shank-length plus two eye-lengths long. Secure with a pinch wrap (spin the bobbin counter-clockwise to jump the thread back), lock down and wrap forward letting the butts taper; trim the excess.
  4. Tie in three strands of orange Krystal Flash doubled over (six strands) along each side of the tail.
  5. Tie in the hot-yellow Sparkle Minnow Brush and wrap it forward as the belly/underbody.
  6. Tie in the peacock Sparkle Minnow Brush and wrap it forward over the top as the body, brushing the fibers back with each turn; tie off behind the eye.
  7. Mount a pair of 4mm red epoxy baitfish eyes at the head, seat them with resin or glue, and build and finish the head.
  8. Whip finish and cement.

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