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Scandi Candy

Salmon/Steelhead · Steelhead · Salmon · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook plastic/metal tube with cone, trailing octopus hook, trailer hook 2-4 (fly tied on a tube)
  • Thread hot pink or red 6/0

Materials

  • Fly tube Clear/metal (1)
  • Cone head Gold or black cone (1)
  • Marabou or arctic fox (rear wing) Hot pink or orange marabou arctic fox (1 clump)
  • Flash Holographic / UV flash (several strands)
  • Schlappen or guinea (collar) To match saddle hackle (1 feather)
  • Arctic fox or bucktail (over-wing) Purple or contrasting arctic fox bucktail (1 clump)

How to tie it

  1. Mount a tube on a tube tool or needle in the vise and start thread near the rear of the tube.
  2. Tie in a flowing rear wing of hot pink (or orange) marabou/arctic fox one to two tube lengths long.
  3. Add several strands of holographic or UV flash along the sides.
  4. Wrap a schlappen or guinea hackle as a collar and sweep the fibers back.
  5. Add a second, contrasting layer of fox or bucktail (purple over pink) for a two-tone baitfish look.
  6. Slide a cone onto the front of the tube, seat it against the collar, and build a thread dam behind it to lock it.
  7. Whip finish behind the cone, cement, and slip a short length of junction tubing on the rear to hold the trailing hook.

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