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Trout, bass, pike and any other predatory freshwater fish will eat other fish. Small trout are on the meal list for common foods. Even trout will eat trout fry. This rainbow trout streamer will work great for many freshwater species. It moves nicely in the water, and has a bit of a jigging action.

These fish skull baitfish heads are awesome! They make building heads easier, and it hides any problems or issues that you have with your flies head and dubbing. It also pushes everything rearward and automatically creates a nice baitfish profile.
I caught a few smallmouth bass on this recently at my local lake. The fly swims really nicely, and the smallmouth were eating it up left and right. I also have caught a good sized brown on this fly recently as well.

Hook: Daiichi 2220 - Size 4
Thread: UTC Ultra thread - light olive
Tail: White marabou
Top Wing: Olive rabbit zonker
Body Wrap: Pearl estaz
Gill Accent: Pink arctic wind
Dubbing Head Top: Olive bull frog dubbing and olive starburst dubbing
Dubbing Head Bottom: White bull frog dubbing and pearl starburst dubbing
Head: Fish Skull Baitfish Head - Gold, Small/Medium
Adhesive: Fletch Tite
UV Resin: Solarez "Bone Dry"

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I don't have the exact materials you used but similar. I'm going to work on a couple of those for the White River trip I hope to take this fall. Nice video.

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Thanks! Yeah I think you could substitute many of the materials. As long as you have a rabbit strip, you should be good. Some type of dubbing tail on the underside could work as well. But I'm sure you have marabou. As for the dubbing head, use laser dub if you have it, it will work pretty well.

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