Jack Frost (variation)

[ScottP]

Another U.K. pattern; modified here (out with white floss body/tinsel rib, in with Estaz) for Potomac shad, although in these Daredevil colors it might work for pickerel, too.


hook - Mustad 9671 #6
thread - Danville 6/0 black
underbody - non-tox .030
tail - Craft Fur red
body - Estaz pearl
wing - marabou white
hackle - white/red

Part 1

mash barb, wrap shank with non-tox (stop 1 eye width back from eye); start thread, wrap to bend




tie in a clump of Craft Fur; trim to length (gap width past bend)






tie in Estaz; wrap forward, tie off/trim at end of non-tox






measure (tips a bit past tail) 2 marabou plumes; tie in/trim




prep (folded) hackles; tie in by tips