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Electric Chicken
How do you tie a Electric Chicken?
Electric Chicken is a streamer fly pattern for Redfish, Spotted Seatrout. Find its 8 materials and 10 tying steps below.
The Electric Chicken is a vibrant streamer fly designed for targeting redfish and spotted seatrout. Its bright colors and flashy materials make it highly visible in the water, attracting predatory fish.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- Redfish, Spotted Seatrout
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At the vise
Materials
- Saltwater Hook, Gamakatsu B10S, sizes 1/0-4
- Thread (140 Denier), Chartreuse
- Pink/Chartreuse Rabbit Zonker Strip
- Ice Chenille, Chartreuse
- Krystal Flash, Pearl
- Lead Dumbbell Eyes, Large, Red/White
- UV Resin
- Monofilament, 20lb (weed guard)
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Tying instructions
Place hook in vise and create a thread base extending along the front 1/3 of the shank.
Tie in lead dumbbell eyes on top of the shank and extend the thread base to the bend.
Place a Zonker Strip (fur down) along the top of the shank and secure with thread, ensuring it extends 1-1.5x shank length beyond the bend.
Tie in 6-12 strands of Krystal Flash at the bend, extending just beyond the tip of the Zonker strip.
Tie in Ice Chenille at the base of the tail and wrap thread forward to the rear of the lead eyes.
Wrap chenille forward to the rear of the lead eyes, secure with thread, and trim excess.
Wrap thread forward of lead eyes and rotate vise.
Bend a 3-4" strip of monofilament at midpoint and tie in along opposite sides of the shank.
Trim excess monofilament below tie-in point to create a split weed guard.
Whip finish and apply UV resin to secure the head.