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Skate Bait

Dry Fly · Trout · Steelhead · Beginner · 1 version

Fly Fish Food Tie

• Hook Ahrex 511 Curved Dry Fly Hook, 14

Materials

• Shuck 1 MFC Premium Fly Tying Thread - Chartreuse - 8/0
• Shuck 2 Sparkle Emerger Yarn - Brown
• Soft Hackle Nature's Spirit Premium Hungarian Partridge Skin
• Wings EP Trigger Point Int'l Fibers - March Brown
• Skate Deck Fly Tying Foam - 2mm - Brown
• Body Nature's Spirit Snowshoe Rabbit Foot Dubbing - Brown
• Ribbing UTC Ultra Wire - Copper - Small

How to tie it

1. Materials are listed in tie-in order. Follow the Fly Fish Food video tutorial for the full sequence.

Tying videos

• Skate Bait — Fly Fish Food (YouTube)
• Skate Bait — House Of Fly (YouTube)
• Skate Bait — Ashland FlyShop (YouTube)
• Skate Bait — Fly Fish Food (Fly Fish Food (tutorial))

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