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Shimmy Frog

Nymph · Largemouth Bass · Pike · Smallmouth Bass · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Wide-gap bass/popper hook, 1/0-6
  • Thread Green or chartreuse 3/0 or GSP

Materials

  • Body Green/chartreuse spun deer hair or stacked foam (1)
  • Belly White/yellow material (1)
  • Legs Barred rubber/Sili legs (green/white) (2 pair)
  • Tail / flash Marabou or rubber + Krystal Flash (1 clump)
  • Weedguard (optional) Mono (1 loop)
  • Eyes Doll eyes / stick-on (1 pair)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the wide-gap hook and, if fishing snaggy cover, tie in a mono weedguard loop at the bend to fold forward later.
  2. Tie in a splayed marabou or rubber tail with a little flash at the bend for the frog's trailing legs, about one shank long.
  3. Spin or stack the body: spin green deer hair on top and white below (or stack alternating foam), packing each bundle tight, and work forward to the eye.
  4. Whip finish, then trim the spun body to a broad flat-bottomed frog shape, wide at the rear and tapered to a blunt face.
  5. Poke a pair of rubber legs through each side so they kick out froglike.
  6. Fold the weedguard forward and secure it at the eye if used, and glue on the eyes.
  7. Seal the head wraps with a drop of cement or flexible adhesive.

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