Coffee's Sparkle Minnow

Here is a pattern I love to tie for smallmouth.  This step-by-step instruction is not mine.....Coffee did a great job, so why reinvent the wheel.  Thank you Coffee for the great work!

"Pretty simple fly to tie; making the dubbing brushes (not shown; you folks know how to make them better than I do) took about as long as the rest of the fly."

hook - Mustad 79580 #6

thread - Uni 8/0 white

weight - lead free wire .030
tail - marabou white/olive
flash - Krystal Flash pearl

body - dubbing brush EP Flash chartreuse

belly - dubbing brush Ice Dub pearl

head - 1/4" cone silver

mash barb and slide cone on hook


wrap some lead free wire on hook


push the wire forward into the cone, locking it against the eye


attach thread, wrap the lead and move it back to point above the hook barb


measure marabou (shank length)


tie in and wrap forward to lead


repeat with olive marabou




tie in Krystal Flash on near side


fold tag ends over to far side and wrap back to tail


tie in pearl dubbing brush on underside of hook


tie in chartreuse dubbing brush on top of hook


start chartreuse forward, sweeping fibers back


continue forward to cone and tie off; sweep fibers up and back


pull belly brush forward on underside of fly and tie down


take brush back along near side, go over the back of the hook bend and under the tail, then pull forward on far side and tie off (creates a fuller belly, maybe not necessary but I like how it looks); tie off.


couple swipes on the back with a black Sharpie is optional


Change colors as you see fit (a baby brown trout would look neat).