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Grassett's Flats Minnow SBS

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Basic Bendback stuff; generic flats food. Change colors/size to suit your needs.
hook - Mustad 3407 #2
thread - Danville flat wax chartreuse
body - Estaz olive
underwing - bucktail white
flash - Krystal Flash rootbeer
overwing - bucktail olive
topping - peacock herl
eyes - medium beadchain stainless
weedguard - Mason 25lb mono
mash barb, grasp hook behind eye and bend hook down
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start thread; tie in eyes, wrap to bend
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tie in Estaz, wrap to eyes; tie off/trim
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even tips on a sparse clump of bucktail, measure (2x shank), trim butts, tie in
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tie in some KF; realize it's time to flip the hook in the vise so the stem is out of the way, fold, tie down
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even tips on another sparse clump of bucktail, measure (a bit longer than the underwing), trim butts/tie in
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tie in some peacock herl
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tie in weedguard
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whip finish, SHHAN, trim weedguard
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Regards,
Scott

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I bet that would work for small mouths and it looks easy to tie. What do you think?

I think you should test that idea; post some pics, please.

 

Regards,

Scott

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