Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Southernstrain's Tarpon Mouse


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 waxed
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
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Tie in your tail, here we use finn raccoon while it's still available

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Use the fluffy base of some marabou for your wing, cover the top 180* of the hook

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Create your egg sack, here I used some weird pink chenille

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Spin your first clump of deerhair, be sure to stack the tips and have teh collar extend 1/2 down the wing

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Spin two more clumps of hair and tie in xl beadchain 1 hook eye width back from eye. Whip finish

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Trim a nice tapered head

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Flat on bottom and uncover the egg sack

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2 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. Kevin
    Where did you find this tarpon mouse online? I think this would be a killer for Spots in the early spring.

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