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OLD FLY OF THE MONTH
PATTERNS
This section of the web
site will be dedicated to the Fly of the Month. Each month, we
will take a local fly that has been doing well on fish, and give you
step-by-step instructions on how to tie it. Many of these
flies will be submitted by local guides. Each fly will contain
a materials list, as well as a guide on how to fish it.
July 2007 Fly of the Month
The "Redfish It"
Materials:
Mustad 34007, sizes 1-6
Bucktail
Marabou, two colors
Sililegs, I prefer legs with a different colored tip or barred
Saddle Hackle (sizes 1 & 2), Neck Hackle (sizes 2 & 4)
Chenille, medium size, orange or red
Eyes to match the size of the hook
Tying Directions:
Step One: Attach thread and move towards the rear of the
hook. Take a small bunch of bucktail, about half of a pencil
eraser, and attach it to the top of the hook shank. The
bucktail should extend back about the same length as the hook shank.
Step Two: Take three sililegs and tie them in on each
side, along the hook shank. The sililegs should extend to the
ends of the bucktail.
Step Three: Take marabou that is the same color as your
bucktail and cut off the tips. Using the tips, tie in a
collar, all the way around the hook shank. The collar should
extend back about half the length of the bucktail.
Step Four: Take your second color of marabou, I prefer a
lighter color than the original, and form a second color around the
shank. Again, try to use just tips and make this collar extend
about half the length of the first collar.
Step Five: Select a saddle hackle feather or a neck
hackle, depending on hook size, and tie it directly in front of the
second marabou collar. Tie this feather in, so it can be
palmered. Palmer the feather forward, until there is about 1/4
of the hook shank remaining. Tie off and secure the feather,
trimming the tip if necessary.
Step Six: Move the thread forward, and tie in your eyes,
on top of the hook shank. Make sure your eyes are large enough
to cause the fly to turn hook point up (clouser-style) in the water.
You may leave enough room between the eyes and the hook eye to
install a weedguard. There should be a small gap between your
palmered feather and the eyes.
Step Seven: Move the thread back, to just in front of the
palmered feather. secure the chenille at this point and then
move the thread to behind the eyes. Wrap the chenille around
the hook shank, moving it forward until you reach the rear of the
eyes. Tie off the chenille and trim any excess material.
Step Eight: Move the thread ahead of the eyes and either
whip finish or tie in a weedguard and then whip finish. Coat
the thread will head cement and allow to dry.
Fishing Technique
The "Redfish It" was developed by Captain John Tarr, for redfish in
the Mosquito Lagoon. It is designed to provide a large prey
target and gives maximum motion with minimum movement; in other
words, the materials breath and move without the fly having to be
stripped much. This fly has worked well for Captain Tarr and
others, when standard crab patterns have been ineffective. It
also works well on larger fish that want more of a mouthful.
The fly should be fished using short strips and can be placed in
front of cruising fish without stripping at all. Captain Tarr
also ties this fly in a larger size (1/0 to 3/0) for tarpon and has
had success. Colors utilized can be your favorite colors for
flies; although, Captain Tarr stated that the orange or red chenille
seems to work best, imitating an egg sac or gill flash.
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