Here is another very nice fly I found online. I did not do the tying or the tutorial... Great looking pattern, I especially like the egg sack. This one can easily be altered a bit for smallies.
Recipe
Hook: SL11-3h
Thread: Danville flat waxedHook: SL11-3h
Tail: Rabbit strip/splayed rooster neck/finn raccoon
Egg sack: dubbing loop/chenille
Wing: Marabou
Collar: Deer belly
Body: Deer belly
Weight: Large beadchain
Start your thread at the about the halfway point and work back
Tie in your tail, here we use finn raccoon while it's still available
Use the fluffy base of some marabou for your wing, cover the top 180* of the hook
Create your egg sack, here I used some weird pink chenille
Spin your first clump of deerhair, be sure to stack the tips and have teh collar extend 1/2 down the wing
Spin two more clumps of hair and tie in xl beadchain 1 hook eye width back from eye. Whip finish
Trim a nice tapered head
Flat on bottom and uncover the egg sack
I've been looking at patterns a lot too lately. Have you ever checked out Clousers Crayfish? It doesn't look that hard to tie and I think it would be pretty effective. The interesting thing is many of the pictures of the fly show it in olive. I wouldn't think crayfish are that color.
ReplyDeleteKevin
ReplyDeleteWhere did you find this tarpon mouse online? I think this would be a killer for Spots in the early spring.