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Sexton's Booby

Egg · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook wide-gap wet/booby hook, 8-12
  • Thread black 6/0 (140 denier)

Materials

  • Foam booby eyes (in mesh) or foam cylinder White thin fly foam (1 pair)
  • Marabou Olive/black/orange marabou (1 tail plume)
  • Krystal Flash Pearl flashabou (4 strands)
  • Straggle/ice-dub chenille To match tail (1 length)
  • Soft hackle To match soft hackle (1 feather (optional))

How to tie it

  1. Lock the hook in and lay a thread base. At the very front, figure-8 a pair of foam booby eyes (or a foam cylinder) right behind the hook eye. This is the float that stands the fly up off the bottom.
  2. Wrap back to the bend and tie in a marabou tail one to one-and-a-half shanks long, with a couple of flash strands.
  3. Tie in a length of straggle or ice-dub chenille at the bend.
  4. Wrap the body forward to just behind the foam eyes, leaving room to finish.
  5. Optional: take a couple of turns of soft hackle behind the eyes for a breathing collar.
  6. Whip finish between the eyes and the hook eye, and cement.

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