Materials:
Hook: 3X long saltwater hook such as Mustad
3407 1/0.
Thread: white monocord or clear mono
Tail and wing: White craft fur and olive crystal flash
Body: Braided Mylar with strings left in place
Color and patterns: permanent marker black
Eyes: Prismatic Red or pearl
Weight: lead wire (optional)
Boyd starts this pattern by ironing flat a strip of braided Mylar.
The threads are kept and aligned to the middle of the tube. He then
slips the thread through
the tube and starts tying.
See below. After a tail is built by tying on material in small clumps,
tie in crystal flash on
sides at lateral line. Now the tube slips over the fly to the hook
bend. The tube can now
easily be tied off behind the hook eye. Mark
back in fishy patterns, mark tail to match. Add eyes using small amount of
Goop Marine adhesive. Epoxy coat head twice and dry on a wheel or
use soft coat and press out excess into a paper towel. Change color to
imitate other baitfish.
Fish
on a sinking line using long steady strips that may jerk and dive like a
wounded bait.
