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Belly Scratcher Minnow 2.0
How do you tie a Belly Scratcher Minnow 2.0 ?
Belly Scratcher Minnow 2.0 is a streamer fly pattern for trout. Find its 10 materials and 22 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- Brian Gregson
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: Fulling Mill Streamer Stripper 2/0 or Gamakatsu B10S 2/0
- Eyes: Stick-on eyes, Super Pearl 3/16"
- Thread: Semperfli Classic Waxed 6/0, White
- Wire: Silver wire
- Body: Hareline Ice Dub Minnow, Belly (ICE234)
- Wing: Zonker strip, Rabbit
- Marker: Prismacolor, Sepia
- Marker: Prismacolor, Mineral Orange
- Glue: Loctite Super Glue Gel Control
- Head: Fly Fish Food's Jr. Bruiser Blend Light Color Dispenser, Hidden Treasure
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Tying instructions
Attach hook in vise and start thread behind the eye.
Wrap thread down the shank to the midpoint of the hook.
Lay the wire over the front of the hook, with a little bit coming out the back, and tie it in at the midpoint.
Wrap the thread back to the bend.
Fold the wire over and wrap it back forward to the tie-in point.
Cut off the excess wire with flush cutters.
Wrap thread back to the bend.
Create a dubbing loop.
Add Hareline Ice Dub Minnow Belly to the dubbing loop.
Spin the dubbing loop.
Wrap the dubbing loop forward to create the body.
Tie off the dubbing loop and trim.
Select a zonker strip and trim the leather into a point.
Tie in the zonker strip at the tie-in point.
Fold the zonker strip over the body and tie it in behind the eye.
Trim the excess zonker strip.
Add a drop of super glue to the tie-in point.
Add stick-on eyes to the head.
Color the top of the fly with a sepia marker.
Color the sides of the fly with a mineral orange marker.
Add a red gill plate with a red marker.
Add head cement to the head.