SALTWATER FLIES for the
backcountry
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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
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
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
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
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