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Joe's Silver Slayer
Pattern
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| Hooks: |
2/0 or 3/0
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| Eyes: |
silver medium sized dumbbell eye witheither a yellow/black or green/black eyeball – tied on bottom of hook shank
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| Stinger Hook: |
size 2 Owner or Gamagatsu with either 30 lb firewire or furled 12 lb - Chameleon Maxima
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| Tail: |
straight cut pink rabbit
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| Tail Flash: |
super thin pearl flash – 10 strands
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| Body: |
cross cut pink rabbit
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| Body Flash: |
blue/silver holographic tinsel – 10 - 15 strands
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| Hackle: |
Pink or Fuschia Rhea - bunch tied around body
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| Wings: |
Thin pink grizzly hackle – 1 tied in on each side
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| Head: |
Pink seal or sparkle antron dubbing
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Tying Steps
- Select a 2/0 or 3/0 salmon hook and tie the dumbbell eye on the bottom of the hook shank
- Make up stinger hook and tie on to the top of the hook shank so that the stinger hook is point straight up.
- Tie on the pink straight cut rabbit tail at the back of the hook shank. Trim the rabbit so that it extends to the bend of the stinger hook.
- Tie on 5 strands of super thin pearl flash on top of the tail and then 5 strands on the bottom of the tail. Trim to the length of the tail.
- Tie in the cross cut pink rabbit and wrap up the hook shank.
- At the front of the rabbit body, tie on 10-15 strands blue/silver holographic tinsel directly on top of the rabbit body. Trim to the length of the tail.
- At the front of the rabbit body, bunch tie pink rhea around the entire body. The tips of the rhea should extend all the way to the end of the tail.
- At the rhea wrap in point, tie in one (1) pink/grizzly hackle tip at the 10 o’clock location of the hook shank and one (1) pink/grizzly hackle tip at the 2 o’clock location of the hook shank.
- Dub the head of the fly with either pink seal or pink sparkle antron dubbing. The dubbing should be wrapped behind and around the dumbbell eyes.
- Tie the head of the fly, whip finish and seal the head.
- Cut off the 2/0 or 3/0 hook shank at the end of the rabbit body
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