Great tie and SBS Gary! Where did you get those plastic dumbbell eyes from?
hi guys
here is an SBS for a nice minnow pattern i've been playing around with. i've tested it a few times in the pool for swimming action and it looks deadly. swims straight, nice movement and sinks slowly, only slughtly head down. i think it would work great for largemouths (yellows and bass)
Materials needed:
hook: gama B10s #4
tail: rabbit strips
flash for lateral line: black flash (optional)
eyes: plastic dumbell real eyes
weight around eyes: lead flat/round
head: dubbing brush of craft fur, colour combinations limited to imagination
weedguard: 25lb fluoro
step 1 - insert hook in vice
step 2 - tie on real eyes leaving a gap for the head and weedguard
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step 3 - cut rabbit strips to length and trim rabbit strip into a v for swimming action and taper
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step 4 - tie in black rabbit strip and trim excess
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step 5 - tie in chartreuse rabbit and trim excess
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step 6 - wrap lead behind the eyes, figure 8 and infront of eyes
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step 7 - i used a split thread with very strong thread to create my brush of black craft fur. you can also sub with already made brushes or your own with different soft materials
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step 8 - trim to shape
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step 9 - flatten 2mm of the weedguard and tie at the head. make sure the bend of the line is facing forward and not back toward the hook point
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final flies.
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bushveld scalies - worth the blood, sweat and tears
Great tie and SBS Gary! Where did you get those plastic dumbbell eyes from?
Andrew Schlosser
I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left - Seasick Steve
thanks bud...
i got these in Natal, but i've seen them at mavungana as well in illovo. they come in a range of sizes. they nice and easy to tie with.
bushveld scalies - worth the blood, sweat and tears
Nice largie fly gazza.... Now you actually have to fish for them......
haha...i'll get there in the next couple of years i'm sure
shot dude
bushveld scalies - worth the blood, sweat and tears
Nice fly Gary, the eyes are from Fishient.
Gerrit Viljoen
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