Skirted Super Flash Fly

Faceted beads in the tail make this one interesting in my opinion.  The clear beads give off quite a bit of reflection under fluorescent and incandescent lights.

Materials:

• Eagle Claw 249WA-3/0 Weedless Hook
• Googly eyes (2) 4mm
• Coats & Clark Trilobal Polyester Thread (40-wt.) - electric red
• Hareline Dubbin, Inc. Crazy Legs - black/red tipped
• Caron Glimmer Chenille Yarn - black
• Card Basics Coated Beading Wire (7 Strand, 0.3mm) - silver
• Hammered Colorado blade #1 - silver
• Ball bearing snap swivel #10
• Bullet Weights Rubber Grip Sinker - 1/8 ounce
• Faceted beads - red and clear
• Sinful Colors Professional Nail Enamel - clear nail hardener
• Loctite Super Glue Gel Control

Green Apple Flash Fly

Designed for use with light/ultralight spinning equipment.  This fly is weighted with a 1/16-oz. rubber core sinker.  Its silver blade will spin on the fall as well as during the retrieve.  Strands of baitfish emulator flash provide a shiny fluorescent chartreuse attractant over the chenille body.

Materials:

• Eagle Claw 249WA-3/0 Weedless Hook
• Googly eyes (2) 4mm
• Coats & Clark Trilobal Polyester Thread (40-wt.) - electric green
• Hareline Dubbin, Inc. Baitfish Emulator Flash - fl. chartreuse
• Caron Glimmer Chenille Yarn - apple
• Three translucent beads - chartreuse
• Card Basics Coated Beading Wire (7 Strand, 0.3mm) - silver
• Colorado blade #1 - silver
• Ball bearing snap swivel #10
• Bullet Weights Rubber Grip Sinker - 1/16 ounce
• Loctite Super Glue Gel Control
• Sinful Colors Professional Nail Enamel - clear nail hardener

Suede Leather Fluke

Purchased more suede leather remnants recently.  Included are gray pieces which I've never used before.  So for my freshman effort with gray, I designed this.

Materials:

• Eagle Claw 249WA-3/0 Weedless Hook
• Tandy Leather Factory Suede Leather Remnant - gray
• Coats & Clark Trilobal Polyester Thread 40-wt. - lt. slate and electric red
• Googly eyes 4mm (2)
• Coats Metallic 60/40 Nylon-Polyester Thread - silver
• Tulip Glitter Puffy Paint - silver
• Tulip Puffy Paint - black
• Herrschners Bulky Chenille Yarn - gray
• Loctite Super Glue Gel Control
• Sinful Colors Professional Nail Enamel - clear nail hardener

Brown Boa Bottom Walker

Materials:

• Brass dumbbell eyes - 1/36 ounce
• Realeather craft lace (latigo card, 1/8") - chieftain
• Bernat Boa Yarn - dark mink
• Eagle Claw 249WA-3/0 Weedless Hook
• Coats & Clark Trilobal Polyester Thread (40-wt.) - chona brown
• Bullet Weights Rubber Grip Sinker - 1/16 ounce

The rubber grip sinker is crimped to the hook shank behind the eyes.  A sapphire or emeryl file rounds off any sharp edges on the sinker.

Puffy Paint Bait

Tied this bottom bouncer last night and painted it using Puffy Paint.  It might be displayed in one of my wife's shadow boxes rather than my tackle box.

There's no chance of that happening... ;)

Materials:

• Gamakatsu Weighted Superline EWG Hook 5/0 -1/8 ounce
• Rosey's Powder Coating - olive gray 85% gloss
• Deluxe Craft Fur from Hancock Fabrics - black and sage green
• Sinful Colors Professional Nail Hardener  - clear
• Coats & Clark Trilobal Polyester Embroidery Thread (40-wt.) - olive
• Googly eyes (4mm)
• Nickel dumbbell eyes (1/20 of an ounce)
• Tulip Puffy Fabric Paint - red, black, and neon green
• Tandy Leather Factory Premium Leather Remnant - white

More Weighted EWG Baits

Tied these with thoughts of river bass in my mind.  They are fairly simple to tie.  Painting the leather with glitter is fun.  You can create a simple pattern that may remind you of a plastic worm from yesteryear.

Or, leave it alone and just fish it.  It's likely that the fish won't care. ;)

Materials:

• Tandy Leather Factory Suede Remnant - dark brown
• Coats & Clark Trilobal Polyester Embroidery Thread (40-wt.) - chona brown
• Gamakatsu 3/0 Weighted Superline EWG Hook - 1/16 of an ounce
• Harbor Freight Powder Paint - black and red mixture (1:1 ratio)
• Tulip Glitter Puffy Paint - green and orange

Baitfish

Materials:

• Coats & Clark Extra Strong Nylon Upholstery Thread - black
• Coats Metallic Thread (40-wt.) - silver
• Rosey's Powder Coating - olive gray 85% gloss
• Deluxe Craft Fur from Hancock Fabrics - sage green
• Gamakatsu Weighted Superline EWG Hook 5/0 - 1/8 ounce
• Darice Craft Fur - silver (discontinued)
• Hammered-silver #1 Colorado blade, split ring, and ball-bearing swivel
• Sinful Colors Professional Nail Hardener  - clear
• Spirit River Real-Eyes Plus 3/16" - nickel/pearl

If the hook point should nick the lure's blade while in use, I will reduce the size of its blade and/or split ring.