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Letumgo Minnow (Silver) - Tube Fly
tied by letumgoFly Type: Epoxy,
Streamers,
Tube Fly,
Weighted,
General Freshwater,
Target Species: Steelhead,
Freshwater Bass,
Trout,
Sea Trout,
Recommended Region: Northeast US,
Imitation: General Baitfish,
Material List:
Materials (in the order of construction):
• HMH Plastic Tubing (Small, 3/32” OD, cut to 1½” long)
• Junction tubing (roughly ½” long)
• Thread – Danville’s 6/0 (White)
• Keel - Lead Wire (.030” diameter)
• Body - Wool Craft Trim Yarn – Single ply yarn (Natural color - pale creamy white)
• Rib – UTC Holographic Tinsel (Size Medium, Silver)
• Sally Hanson’s “Hard as Nails” nail polish (Clear)
• Gills - Wool Craft Trim Yarn – (Single ply yarn – Red)
• Wing - Marabou Blood Quill (Shad Gray)
• Flash - Tied in over the wing – (Pearl Flashabou, Mirage, Olive or DNA Fiber)
• 3D Stick on Eyes (Gold, 1/8” diameter)
• Sharpie Marker (black)
• 5 Minute Devcon Crystal Clear Epoxy Mix (syringe dispenser)
• Hook – (Mustad C67S / Size 6) or (Daiichi X510 / Size 6)
• Tail – Two feathers from an Indian Hen Saddle coated with head cement and trimmed into the shape of a tailfin. Marabou can be used to add action.
Tying Instructions: Detailed Tying Instructions are published in the October issue of Hatches Magazine.
http://www.hatchesmagazine.com/page/october2006/271
