Fighting Mantis
Material List:
Shrimp eye
Sili legs or small rubber legs
ICE burn orange dubbing
Flashabou
soft zonker fiber
Deer Creek Baitfish Fiber
Bead chain – Pink/orange/brass
Saltwater Gamakatsu SL12S size 1/0 or 1
Step by step tying instruction:
Prepare the thread base and tie in bead chain / dumbell
Tie in some ICE dubbing at the curve of the hook
Top up some soft Zonker fiber
Tie in a pair of flashabou, then tie in the shrimp eye
Tie in a pair of rubber leg and the mono line with 3 loose pcs of bead, dub it with some ICE dubbing
Fold the mono line over and tie down
Tie in the legs and dub with some ICE dubbing material
Tie in the DC Baitfish Fiber
Wind in some dubbing
Tie in DC Baitfish fiber, then trim it
Tie in DC Baitfish fiber, then trim it
Then fold the fiber forward… Continue tie in and trim until the end… just like you stacking deer hair
Now tie the mono line at the end
Trim the fiber to the shape your like
Play with markers for your desire colour or you can also play with different Baitfish Fiber colour..
Cheers and Happy tying
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love this blog, nice looking fly!
how about a blog post on your crease fly? 🙂