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RIO's Hogan Brokeback Shad

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Note: Our stored recipe does not match this pattern. Unverified pending a rewrite from a documented source.

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Heavy-wire predator stinger hook (Eric PR320), 6
  • Thread White 140 denier (Veevus)

Materials

  • Pearl flashabou (tail)
  • SF blend / Farrar blend White and anchovy
  • Snow runner Gray and white snow runner
  • SF dub Pink ice dub (sight spot)
  • Saddle hackles (2)
  • Double Barrel / Fish Skull head (1)
  • UV clear resin (flow)

How to tie it

  1. Start white 140 thread on an Eric PR320 size 6 predator stinger hook.
  2. Tie in a clump of pearl flashabou at the rear, then fold the forward portion back over itself for a fuller, tapered flash tail.
  3. Tie in white SF blend on top, then a top layer of anchovy Farrar/SF blend, folding the excess back; balance the material top and bottom so the fly is symmetrical.
  4. Build a wide shad profile by layering: gray snow runner on top, white snow runner underneath split around the bend, then more Farrar blend and white, alternating and folding each clump back, keeping the silhouette wide and deep rather than tapered.
  5. Tie a small clump of pink SF dub on top as a spawn/sight spot and top-trim it.
  6. Even out a fuzzy clump and sweep it back, tying it down to frame a Dahlberg-diver-style collar.
  7. Tie in two splayed saddle hackles, one out each side, for push, and trim the butts.
  8. Build a thread base at the front, tie off, and mount a Double Barrel/Fish Skull head reversed (facing back) so the fly dives when stripped; lock everything with flow UV clear resin and cure.

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