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Tying Instruction : 1. Wrap entire shank of hook with thread 2. Fix yellow bucktail to top of hook shank starting 3 hook-eye spaces back from eye. Coat with Hard as Nails 3. Gather 6 saddle hackles and attach just in front of bucktail, 3 to each side. Don't worry too much about size, although the length should be similar to the bucktail 4. Add flash on top of the hackles 5. Tie in yellow bucktail wing. I start with the hook inverted, tying in a small amount of bucktail 3 ¼ in long to bottom of hook. I then tie in a similar amount on each side, then a final amount to the top. The idea is to get an even distribution of bucktail all around the fly, preserving a small head. 6. Complete the head with epoxy (or two coats Hard as Nails), orange stick-on eyes, and final coat of lacquer. Note : TO FISH One must always use a short wire leader, no more than 4 inches or hinging of the fly and heaviness makes a long cast difficult to impossible. I add a swivel anytime I use such a fly when trolling so that line twist is minimized; changing flies is easy as well. Make sure that some part of the leader (typically the class tippet of a saltwater rig) is the WEAKEST part of the system. A 4-foot shark will stress the usual bonefish outfit to the max, and you want the tippet to break before the coral abraded and weakened backing does, otherwise you can kiss that $55 fly line goodbye-you can't find many replacements on South Andros |
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