Roy
09-19-2010, 12:26 PM
Thunder Creek variant.
This is how I like to tie a minnow for small streams on a light weight hook
for fishing off a 3wt six or seven foot rod
Hook - size #14 to #8 mayfly or nymph hook 2x/l
thread - rusty brown 6/0
wing - black squirrel tail
throat - orange squirrel tail
body - Mother of pearl flashabou
Glaze - ClearCureGoo, acrylic or Epoxy (Sally Hansen's for masochists.)
KrystalFlash accents to wing.
Head - CCG
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/Minnows.png
step1
lay on five turns of thread then tie in a cleaned and stacked wing of squirrel hair, tips over the hook eye
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/wing.png
step2
Cut off butts of wing,
add throat fibres - same length or shorter than the wing
same density or less so than the wing.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/throat.png
step3
cut off butts of throat fibres, coat in acrylic glue, wrap thread to bend, tying in mother of pearl flashabou. Cure the CCG
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/hairandtinsel.png
step4
wrap the body material (MoP Flashabou) to wing and back again, tie off, rib with tying thread. Half hitch
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/MoPin.png
step5
glaze the body, shape - then cure .
Tie in krystal flash highlights
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/glazed.png
step6
Fold the wing back over the body, tie down, three wraps.
Fold the throat fibres under the hook, tie down three wraps
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/WingandThroat.png
step7
fold highlights back below the wing
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/wrapped.png
step8
whip finish
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/minnow.png
Take the time to dress all the materials correctly into place, trim surplus fibres and excess materials
step9
Add a fluorescent collar
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/fluorneck.png
step10
Glaze the head, shape and cure
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/complete.png
repeat
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/Minnows.png
This is how I like to tie a minnow for small streams on a light weight hook
for fishing off a 3wt six or seven foot rod
Hook - size #14 to #8 mayfly or nymph hook 2x/l
thread - rusty brown 6/0
wing - black squirrel tail
throat - orange squirrel tail
body - Mother of pearl flashabou
Glaze - ClearCureGoo, acrylic or Epoxy (Sally Hansen's for masochists.)
KrystalFlash accents to wing.
Head - CCG
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/Minnows.png
step1
lay on five turns of thread then tie in a cleaned and stacked wing of squirrel hair, tips over the hook eye
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/wing.png
step2
Cut off butts of wing,
add throat fibres - same length or shorter than the wing
same density or less so than the wing.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/throat.png
step3
cut off butts of throat fibres, coat in acrylic glue, wrap thread to bend, tying in mother of pearl flashabou. Cure the CCG
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/hairandtinsel.png
step4
wrap the body material (MoP Flashabou) to wing and back again, tie off, rib with tying thread. Half hitch
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/MoPin.png
step5
glaze the body, shape - then cure .
Tie in krystal flash highlights
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/glazed.png
step6
Fold the wing back over the body, tie down, three wraps.
Fold the throat fibres under the hook, tie down three wraps
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/WingandThroat.png
step7
fold highlights back below the wing
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/wrapped.png
step8
whip finish
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/minnow.png
Take the time to dress all the materials correctly into place, trim surplus fibres and excess materials
step9
Add a fluorescent collar
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/fluorneck.png
step10
Glaze the head, shape and cure
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/complete.png
repeat
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/Minnows.png