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/ Black / deer hair / Flash / Flashabou / marabou / Ostrich / Red /

Snake Fly

 
tied by Sean Juan
Fly Type: General Saltwater,
Target Species: Striped Bass,
Recommended Region: Northeast US,
Imitation: General Baitfish,
Material List*:
Tail - Ostrich Herls

Optional - I use a few strands of BLACK Flashabou

Wing - 2 Marabou Plumes tied in by tip palmered forward

Collar - Deer Hair

Head - Deer Hair
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Tying Instructions: This is Lou Tabory's creation - its my all time favorite night fly, and since the best time to fish for stripers is at night....

Tie in the tail.

The body of the fly is marabou - I find the best way to work it into the fly is to palmer it gives a lot of body and allows the material to breathe in several directions at once.

Head just spun and clipped deer hair - think big muddler minnow. Bullet shaped is the generally accepted head, but I've tried squares and triangular shapes - square to push more water, triangles to give erratic action
Presentation Tips: Fish it high fish it low but whatever you do fish it SLOOOOOOW.

I also will tie these on a circle hook and dead drift it on a slacky line - don't worry when a fish hits you'll know