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Tying Instruction : 1) Tie on thread near hook bend. 2) Tie in 6-8 strands of Olive Krystal Flash on top of hook at bend. 3) Tie in one pair of matched hackles. 4) Outside of the hackles tie in 5-6 strands of Fluorescent Chartreuse Krystal Flash on each side. 5) Tie on the 2nd pair of matched hackles outside of the Krystal Flash. 6) Then tie in 4 long strands of Gold Flashabou outside the hackles. Don't be shy @ allowing the Flashabou to extend another 2-3" beyond the rest of tail...It'll give the illusion of a great tail wiggle! Overall length of fly is 5 1/2 inches to hackle tips...Flashabou is extra! 7) Tie on Pearl Estaz and work thread up to hook eye. 8) Wrap hook shank with Estaz and tie off. 9) Make a sparse collar of long white bucktail encircling the fly. 10) Tie a neat head and paint on a black eyes. Finish the head with hard as nails. Note : The Kahuna is a " Search and Destroy" pattern. It is more of an attractor pattern, which does not imitate any specific forage fish closely. Rather, it mimics a variety of baits well enough to offer stripers a smorgasbord of menu items: large sand eel, small herring, medium-sized bunker, or squid ( thanks to the Estaz body which flares out the non-traditionally extra-long bucktail collar , allowing it to "breathe" and undulate in squid-like fashion...as well as giving it a wider silouette). |
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