Minnow (Generic)

[flytire 0]

Hook: your favorite and size

Thread: 6/0 white or clear mono

Under body: shaped stim-u-dent tooth picks

Tail: marabou

Back: bills body braid or equivalent

Over body: bills body braid or equivalent

Eyes and body markings: acrylic paint

Coating: uv resin, epoxy and sally hansens hard as nails

the above recipe is merely a suggestion of what to use. as a creative tyer you have the option to switch items in the recipe to suit your needs or material supply.

Stim-U-Dents

remove a couple of stim-u-dents from the package and position 1 on top of the hook shank as shown, approximately at the barb of the hook

switch hands and continue to hold the tooth pick. matk the tooth pick for length and for the forward shape of the body as shown

transfer the measurement to the other tooth pick and tie the tooth picks onto the hook shank. at this time you can head cement the entire body if desired.

then tie in the marabou tail

tie in a strip of bills body braid (green for the back) and a strip of bills body braid (silver or pearl for the body)

wrap the silver braid forward and tie off. pull the back braid forward over the top of the body and tie off.

add eyes and whatever marking you want with the acrylic paint and let dry. coat the body of the fly with a uv resin or epoxy. overcoat with sally hansens hard as nail polish if necessary

thanks for looking

[Piker20 0]

Ah that is simple. Good pattern.

[flytire 0]

I have no idea why this new forum software doesnt allow you to edit a post so i'll add some weighting options here

 

 

[Roofish 0]

Very Nice

[dreamcaster4639 0]

I like that very creative. What hook did you use on this sbs.

[mikechell 0]

I like that design. Easy and infinitely variable for whatever minnows are present in your BOW.

This is one of those designs that call for a straight eyed hook, no?

I think the action of this fly would be greatly influenced by the eye position ... like a crank bait.

[sgflyfish 0]

Nice tie, thanks for sharing the SBS.

[agn54 0]

Very cool and creative

[Frankthetroutking 0]

Love the pattern!! Used it for the first time and caught nothing but it was still fun to tie.

[Chefben4 0]

Very cool!!

[Guest]

Grear pattern. I just got back from Wally World and picked up a package.

 

Dave

[176319 0]

I never would have thought of that, you sir a smart pickle!

[David Romanillos 0]

Thank you for this lesson

Great minnow