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Kantner's Rivet
How do you tie a Kantner's Rivet?
Kantner's Rivet is a streamer fly pattern for Snook, Tarpon. Find its 8 materials and 13 tying steps below.
Kantner's Rivet is a streamer fly designed for targeting saltwater species like snook and tarpon. It mimics baitfish and is typically fished with a strip retrieve.
- Difficulty
- 4 of 5
- Target species
- Snook, Tarpon
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At the vise
Materials
- Saltwater Hook, Gamakatsu B10S, sizes 1/0-4
- Thread (140 Denier), Tan
- Tan Craft Fur
- Flashabou, Pearl
- White Rabbit Zonker Strip
- Rabbit Dubbing, Tan (body)
- Rabbit Dubbing, Gray (head)
- Natural Deer Hair
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Tying instructions
Place the hook in the vise.
Create a thread base extending along the rear 2/3 of the shank.
Tie in a clump of Tan Craft fur extending from the hook bend.
Create a barred pattern along the length of the tail with a copic marker or sharpie.
Tie in flash over craft fur. Flash fibers should extend to end of tail.
Trim a section of White Rabbit Fur from a zonker strip and tie in around hook shank immediately in front of the tail.
Wrap thread forward and repeat with Tan or Natural rabbit fur.
Trim a clump of Gray or Natural Deer Body Hair & position along the top of the hook shank with tips extending back over the rabbit fur collar.
Secure with two loose wraps of thread. Then pull taut.
Pack deer hair back & reposition thread immediately in front of packed deer hair.
Repeat steps 7 through 9 until hair and thread are immediately behind the hook eye.
Trim head to desired shape with a double-sided razor or scissors to complete.
Whip finish and trim thread.