SBPatt 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2018 Brookie bait; tied Bomber style here. hook - TMC 5212 #10 thread - Danville 6/0 brown tail - hackle fibers brown/grizzly rib - x-small wire gold body - dubbing olive body hackle - grizzly (undersize by 2) wing - calftail white hackle - brown/grizzly mash barb, start thread at 3/4 mark clean, stack, measure (shank length) a clump of calftail; tie in tips facing forward, trim butts at an angle, dose it with Sally and wrap to the bend strip some hackle fibers, mix, measure (2x gap width), tie in/ smooth junction with wing butts tie in rib dub thread/dub body to 2/3 mark tie in hackle, wrap to bend capture tip with wire, continue rib thru hackle, helicopter end, cover with thread; trim hackle tip pull wing up, set angle with thread dam tie in hackles wrap hackles, tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocco 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2018 Sounds a little heretical but I bet that pattern tied a little bigger and skated a bit would drive small mouth nuts. Rocco Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2018 Sounds a little heretical but I bet that pattern tied a little bigger and skated a bit would drive small mouth nuts. Rocco Rocco, Smallies is fish, too; I would throw one at them. Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites