Hook: Your choice, this fly is tied on a saltwater hook 34007.
Thread: To match body.
Beard: Optional but recommended, Fluorofibre Comes Alive, Silver or Pearl.
Gills: Fluorofibre red.
Underbody: White Polafibre (Polar Bear).
Body: Coloured Polafibre toppings to match the bait you wish to imitate.
Eyes: 3D eyes keeping fish head size proportional.
Additional: Softex, Z-Poxy other similiar product.
1. Tie in Fluorofibre gills.
2. Tie in white Polafibre Body top above hook barb. Make sure
to tie neatly and not overdone.
3. Add Fluorofibre Beard now (optional but recommended),
Comes Alive silver or pearl top, tie in front of body material towards hook
eye.
4. Add the colour toppings to match your desired bait, tied
towards hook eye. Do not over-wrap with thread. The head
finish of Z-Poxy or Softex will make it bullet proof.
5. Glue 3D eyes above hook point or where they
look best. Remember you are doing a bait fish not a worm.
6. Now Z-Poxy or Softex the entire head in a crescent back to
where the gills would be. Make sure of the symmetry and notice
that I barely catch the material on the final tie. This leaves a
sloping head ALL the way to the hook eye. This cement
system will leave you with a head as tough as an army boot!
7. Add marker pen (i.e. tinker mackerel) if you like.
8. To add bars: Cut the nib off a SHARPIE marker with a SHARP
blade. You want a chisel point not a round point. Now with
the fly in the vice, hold the materials close to the head and start dabbing
on the marks with a ZIG-ZAG motion, as you go, slide your
hand back to the tail of the fly. This keeps the fibres taught for
you to mark. ~ Paul van Reenen
1. Tie in Fluorofibre gills.
Paul is more than President of Success Flies and Unfair Advantage Materials -
he's an avid fly fisherman, and accomplished tyer with many innovative patterns
utilising his materials to his credit (Now on video). They form part of Paul's
Evolution Series of fly patterns. Some others include Paul's Kinkyfibre Minnow,
Paul's Spearing, Paul's Crab, Paul's Spoon Shrimp, Paul's Lady Fly Series, Paul's Jamm Head
Mullet, Paul's Better Bendback, Paul's Assassin. For more of his patterns
visit his Fly Box on his
website http://www.successflies.com/flybox.php . Paul splits his time
between Sebastian FL and South Africa with his wife and four children.