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bead /
Black /
Bucktail /
Chartreuse /
Dubbing /
Flash /
Krystal Flash /
marabou /
purple /
rabbit strip /
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Chartreuse Thinngy
tied by Joe HardFly Type: Attractor Pattern,
Target Species: Striped Bass,
Recommended Region: Eastern Canada,
Imitation: Crabs,
Material List:
Hook; Matzoo Sickle 5/0
Thread; UTC 70 chartreuse
Tail; chartreuse bucktail and black Krystal Flash
Front of head, a few turns of flouresent green ice chennile and green highlanderfox dubbing
Eyes purple plastic bead chain dubbed arround with a mix of green highlander fox, chartreuse rabbit and marabou dubbing over laid top and bottom with a small strip of black barred chartreuse rabbit strip
Back of head: a small chartreuse saddle hackle tied in by the tip and swept back follwed by same dubbing between eyes but thicker dubbed
Claws; black barred chartreuse rabbit strips
Weight medium silver hour glass eyes dubbed with chartreuse rabbit
Body; black barred chartreuse rabbit strip palmered, over laid top and bottom with a small rabbit strip of the same
Weed guard, 60 pound mono loop comming of the eye wire propt up and just shy of the hook point.
Tying Instructions: As the materials are listed. The eyes and head are tied on the bottom of the hook gap and remainder of fly is tied on shank. I included a couple more pics and the hook
Presentation Tips: On bottom, in the weeds and eel grass, can also represent a fleeing lobster with a stagered retreive
Striped as a streamer
