Needlefish 2
Hook: long shank salmon hook - Mustad 9394 or TMC777SP, sizes 10 - 6 Thread: black 6/0 or 8/0 Body: holo tinsel - silver or fluorescent white. Try French Mini Flat Braid or Electra Braid Wing - white polar, lilac Krystal Flash, peacock herl Eyes - small stick on eyes
Tying Instructions 1. Wrap thread down to just above barb. Tie in tinsel and wrap thread back to 1 1/2 eye widths behind eye. 2. Wrap tinsel up to thread and tie off, making a slender body. 3. Just ahead on the tinsel tie in the wing: scant white polar fibres, 4 strands Krystal Flash on each side, 4 or 5 strands of peacock herl as overwing. Bind down well. 4. Form a large black thread head and tie off. Stick an eye on each side. Coat well in head cement or epoxy.
Variations - tail of white polar bear the length of the hook shank - underwing - pearlescent flat braid partially unravelled
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