Nick Thomas
Baitfish fly
Easy
- Run on the thread behind the bead and trim off the tag end.
- Tie olive and orange egg yarn loops and thread the ends of the mono through the bead from the back.
- Fold one end back and catch in followed by the other.
- Adjust the position of the tufts and the bead and lock in place with further thread wraps.
- Clip the ends of the yarn in hackle pliers in front of the bead.
- Tie in a length of tinsel and wrap down the hook and back, wrap over with the tying thread.
- Whip finish and varnish the body.
- Unclip the yarn, brush back over the body and trim to shape.
| Hook | Fasna F-444 #10 |
| Bead | Get Slotted copper 4.6mm tungsten counter hole |
| Thread | UNI-Mono |
| Body | UTC opal mirage tinsel |
| Belly | Wapsi orange egg yarn |
| Back | Wapsi olive egg yarn |
