SALTWATER FLIES for the backcountry
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The 40 / Matt Hoover
THE 40
tarpon, snook, redfish, jacks
Hook - 1 to 2/0  Tiemco 8115 or Mustaad 34007
Thread- black (Danville-flat waxed)
Body  - silver tinsel / none
Wing  - 6 matched white neck hackles / 5 to 6 strands crystalflash
Collar - olive marabou- top / white-bottom
Eyes -  glass doll eyes-epoxy over head around eyes
Wire weed guard

chewy zit
The Zit
night fly for snook
Hook -  2 to 1 Mustaad 34007
Thread- white (Danville-flat waxed)
Tail  -  white marabou 6 to 8 strands pearl crystalflash
Body - silver tinsel - monofilament loop - epoxy
Eyes - small red glass eyes

Chartreuse epoxy
chartreuse
redfish, snook
Hook -  2 to1/0  Mustaad 34007
Thread- chartreuse (Danville-flat waxed)
Tail  - 2 small olive grizzly hackles, chartreuse marabou ,4 to 6 strands of flash each side
Collar - 4 to 5 turns olive grizzly hackle
Eyes - small bead-chain eyes
Body - epoxy over eyes, add small amount fine pearl glitter
and chartreuse color (paint) while mixing epoxy

brown epoxy
brown epoxy
redfish, baby tarpon
Hook -  2 to1 Mustaad 34007
Thread- brown or red (Danville-flat waxed)
Tail  -  brown bucktail, 2 small furnace hackles, 6 to 8 strands gold krystalflash
Collar - 5 to 6 turns brown hackle (laidback keystyle)
Eyes - small bead-chain eyes
Body - epoxy over eyes, add small amount fine pearl glitter
and brown dye while mixing epoxy

matt's moe
Moe
bonefish, redfish
Hook -  1 to1/0  Mustaad 34007
Thread- white (Danville-flat waxed)
Tail  -  8 to 10 strands of mylar flash
Body - silver tinsel, mono loop frame from eyes to tail, fill with epoxy
Eyes - large clear plastic bead eyes

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