LoudMouth Baitfish
Loudmouth baitfish, in the vise it's awesome, in the water it screams "Eat Me Please" to any fish thats around and they usually do. Tie from small to jumbo in many colors for any species you are targeting and expect big things. Please even though it is a pain or an extra step sometimes put eyes on most baitfish patterns, the difference is tremendous.
Pro tube needle
clear pro tube 40 mm
Zonker white
ice dub red
ice dub pearl
hackle flash silver/gold
pearl flashabou
olive schlappen
natural guinea
extra small pro soft head
3/16" holographic eyes
Pro tube needle in vise with clear pro tube.
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| Tie in zonker at rear of tube. |
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| Red ice dub at tail tie in point. |
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| Tie in length 2" of hackle flash silver or gold. |
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| Dub body with pearl ice dub leaving 1/2 inch of tube in front of fly. |
Tie in zonker in front of ice dub.
Wrap Hackle flash forward after zonker is tied in taking care to not wrap hair down.
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| 5-7 strands salt and pepper flashabou along flanks of fly. |
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| 3 wraps olive schlappen. |
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| 2-3 wraps olive guinea in front of schlappen. |
Extra small pro tube soft head and 3/16 holographic eyes for the finishing touch.
BBG Streamer
(Big Bass Getter)
Thread: 3/0 White
Hook: B10S sz 4-1
Tail: White Bucktail
Flash: Salt and Pepper
Body: Hackle Flash
Head: Laser Dub White and Grey
Eyes: Stick on eye
This is another one of Justin's proven winners so tie them up in a bunch of colors and get ready to have bass thumb.
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| Tie in small clump of bucktail even with hook point. Apply soft text to bucktail for support of flash (while waiting for soft text to dry start 3-4 flies to save time) |
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| Tie in medium bunch of flash (12-18 strands) on top of buck tail. |
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| Two wraps silver hackle flash. |
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| Add another small clump of buck tail. |
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| Tie in another clump of buck tail on top of flash. |
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| Two more wraps silver hackle flash. |
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| Tie in 2 clumps laser dub one on top and one on bottom. Gray on top white on bottom. Important to tie in laser dub in center of clump. |
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| Fold Back remaining laser dub, top over top, bottom along bottom, form head and whip finish. |
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| Add eyes using zap a gap adhesive. |
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| A rainbow of fish slaying colors. |
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
Polar Flash Minnow
Articulted Shank
30# fused fireline
6/0 thread
Body: Black Body Braid
Tag: 1 inch EP Tarantula brush
Wing: Artic Fox Tail Hair
Rainbow Polar Flash
Rainbow Flashabou
Collar: Black Schlappen
Head: Ice Dub
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| A few materials for your fly. |
Assortment of Fox colors.
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Shank is in vise, tie in loop of fireline and add 1/2 inch black
body braid. |
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| Two wraps purple 1inch EP brush(or color of your choice) |
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| Black Artic Fox Wing.(Blue or Purple is effective also) |
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| Small Pinch (You can always add more) Rainbow polar flash tied in at the middle on side of fly. |
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| Fold front half to other side and tie in. Repeat last step (not shown) with 8-10 strands rainbow flashabou. |
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| Tie in Schlappen feather use three turns. |
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| Clump Chartreuse ice dub, whip finish and done. |
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| A few highly recommended color combos. |
SS Minnow:
Hook: Daichii 1530 sz 8
Thread: 6/0 uni orange
Tag: Senyo Laser dub orange
Body: UV Ice dub polar
Underwing: UV polar ice dub
Overwing: Senyo Laser Dub Chart.
Big Fish eat little fish martini. This is a good replica of a little fish that needs to be eaten. For low water tie as is, for higher flows add some lead wraps (2-3) around hook shank. Overwing can be any color you choose.
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| Lay Down a thread base, tie in tag just in front of hook point. Tag can be trimmed to length. |
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| Polar ice dub body dubbed and wrapped forward leaving room for two wings. |
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| First wing is same as body material, polar ice dub. Tie in a small length leaving some hang over hook eye. Part down the middle the forward hanging dubbing and fold back and down along body then tie in. |
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| You want the wraps tied in front of dubbing to give it round minnow profile. |
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| Tie in over wing and again leave some overhang. Split in half and fold down along body the remaining laser dub like shown below. |
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| Dub is split in half and can be tied in after stroking and holding towards rear of fly. Remember to keep thread wraps in front of material. |
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| Finished fly. |
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| Color choice for wing is up to you, feel free to experiment. Here are a few of my favorites. |
Shop is very well stocked with dubbing brushes and everything else for your fly tying needs.
DB Bugger
Hook: Diachii 2220 sz 2-8
Tail: Marabou
Body: Puglisi Tarantula hairy legs brush 1" width
Cone head size and color of preference.
**wire dubbing brush will dull good scissors so an old or inexpensive pair should be on hand**
DB Bugger is a simple wooly bugger variation tied with a pre-made dubbing brush (DB). The use of the dubbing brush increases speed immensely allowing for more flies and different styles, colors, etc. to be tied per sitting. This pattern will have your bugger box full and looking good. Most importantly with the colors of dubbing brushes available you will be ready for all water conditions.
After tying a few this should take less than a minute per fly.
Cone on hook, hook in vise. Add Marabou tail and wrap excess marabou along hook shank to cone. Edge of tail should be aligned with barb on hook.
Tie in dubbing brush and wrap thread forward to cone.
Tie off dubbing brush, whip finish and done. Its that easy.
A few hours of tying will have you a supply of buggers any guide would be envious of.
Hot and fresh out of the kitchen its the remix. Taking the best attributes of productive patterns and putting them into one to create a super fly(hopefully)
Remix:
20mm fish skull shank
6/0 uni-thread
medium dumbell eyes
orange sts tri-lobal dubbing
deer hair
silver flashabou
blue flashabou
white rabbit
SZ 4 Octopus hook
Length can vary depending on target species, water clarity etc. but my most popular size is around 2 1/2 inches.
This is a fly you will thank me for sharing and the steelhead, bass, salmon, trout will hate me for sharing. Tie it in a bunch of colors and see for yourself.
Shank is in vise with medium dumbell eyes and fireline trailer for hook are tied in.
orange sts dubbing as tag(or color to match what you are tying)
Spun deer hair or artic fox dubbing brush 2 wraps to give body to fly.
Silver flashabou tied in at the center and pulled back on opposite side, excess flashabou tied in same way on bottom for throat. (see how blue is tied in below for better pic.)
Blue flashabou about 10-14 strands tied in same way as silver in center of flashabou.
Then pulled back to cover both sides.
Make dubbing loop for rabbit.
Rabbit in dubbing loop to form head whip finish and done.
Shank: 35mm
Tag: Orange sts tri-lobal dubbing
Tail: White Ostrich Herl
Body: Silver body braid
Lateral line: krinkle flash laser
Collar: Olive Marabou
Head: Olive Ice Dub
Hook: Sz 4 Gamakatsu Octopus
Low Rider is for lower flows which i feel we may have to contend with this Fall. Smaller size of this fly lends itself well to more natural colors for mid day fishing and blacks and purples during low light.
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| STS dubbing in dubbing loop for tag after thread base and loop for hook is tied in. |
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| About 14 pieces ostrich herl in dubbing loop followed by silver body braid. |
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| Artic fox dubbing brush natural, 2 wraps. |
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| 2 strands each side of krinkle flash in laser color. |
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| 2-3 wraps olive marabou. |
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| Small clump olive ice dub for head, whip finish and done. |
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| This version uses lite blue marabou, 3 wraps silver hackle flash and finished with pearl ice dub. |
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| I am stocking up on smaller, sparser flies for swinging this Fall and suggest you do the same just in case we are dealing with low water conditions. |
