Grillos Pool Toy SBS

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Andrew Grillos does interesting things with foam; this one's pretty much like a Fat Albert (not sure which came first). Original has knotted rubber rear legs; up to you whether they're important or not. Change colors to suit your needs.

hook - Mustad 9671 #8
thread - MFC 8/0 brown
body - Ice Dub UV yellow
under overbody - 2mm foam yellow
over overbody - 2mm foam tan
wing - deer hair
over over overbody - 2mm foam yellow
legs - rubber medium yellow barred
indicator - Congo Hair pink


Part 1

Mash barb, attach thread and wind back to bend

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taper foam strip (hook gap width), tie in; brush shank with Super Glue and tie down, smoothing with thread wraps

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dub thread, dub body

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move thread back to 75% mark and tie in yellow foam (a little narrower than over overbody foam)

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move thread back over top foam to create first segment

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Part 2


repeat back to the bend, then crossover back to the 75% mark

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trim tag end at back and pull over overbody over under overbody

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slip rubber leg between foam layers, pull towards the back and tie down

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clean, stack and measure a clump of deer hair (extend to bend), tie in and trim butts

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tie in over over overbody

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Part 3

crossover top of under overbody and tie down at eye

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tie down over overbody, tie in front legs

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tie down over over overbody

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tie in indicator; half hitch x 2, SHHAN

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trim legs, indicator, tag ends of foam, find stupid fish

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dorsal

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ventral

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Regards,
Scott