Guest Report post Posted September 19, 2010 Thunder Creek variant. This is how I like to tie a minnow for small streams on a light weight hook for fishing off a 3wt six or seven foot rod Hook - size #14 to #8 mayfly or nymph hook 2x/l thread - rusty brown 6/0 wing - black squirrel tail throat - orange squirrel tail body - Mother of pearl flashabou Glaze - ClearCureGoo, acrylic or Epoxy (Sally Hansen's for masochists.) KrystalFlash accents to wing. Head - CCG step1 lay on five turns of thread then tie in a cleaned and stacked wing of squirrel hair, tips over the hook eye step2 Cut off butts of wing, add throat fibres - same length or shorter than the wing same density or less so than the wing. step3 cut off butts of throat fibres, coat in acrylic glue, wrap thread to bend, tying in mother of pearl flashabou. Cure the CCG step4 wrap the body material (MoP Flashabou) to wing and back again, tie off, rib with tying thread. Half hitch step5 glaze the body, shape - then cure . Tie in krystal flash highlights step6 Fold the wing back over the body, tie down, three wraps. Fold the throat fibres under the hook, tie down three wraps step7 fold highlights back below the wing step8 whip finish Take the time to dress all the materials correctly into place, trim surplus fibres and excess materials step9 Add a fluorescent collar step10 Glaze the head, shape and cure repeat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
