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Ghost Baby Fat Minnow
How do you tie a Ghost Baby Fat Minnow?
Ghost Baby Fat Minnow is a streamer fly pattern for trout, bass, panfish. Find its 12 materials and 17 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- trout, bass, panfish
- Pattern designer
- Clark Pierce (Cheech)
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At the vise
Materials
- Jig Hook, Firehole 516, sizes 10-14
- Thread (140 Denier), White
- Tungsten Slotted Bead, 3.5mm, Silver
- 3mm Stick-On Eyes, Green
- Hare's Ear Dubbing (underbody)
- Hareline Ice Wing Fiber, Lavender
- Hare's Ear Dubbing (overwing)
- Hareline Fly Fish Food's Jr Bruiser Blend Alpha Wolf
- Marker: Prismacolor Sepia
- Marker: Black
- Marker: Red
- UV Resin
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Tying instructions
Place bead on hook and secure in vise.
Start thread behind the bead, leaving space for stick-on eyes.
Combine a sparse amount of Mother of Pearl, Lavender, and Yellow Pearl Ice Wing Fiber.
Tie in the Ice Wing Fiber at the bend, extending one shank-length.
Trim the Ice Wing Fiber at the tie-in point.
Tie in a sparse amount of Bruiser Blend Jr. Alpha Wolf at the tie-in point.
Trim the Bruiser Blend Jr. Alpha Wolf at the tie-in point.
Dub a small amount of Bruiser Blend Cream and wrap around the thread to create a small collar.
Pull the Bruiser Blend Jr. Alpha Wolf back and secure with thread.
Whip finish and cut thread.
Color the top of the fly with a Sepia marker.
Color a stripe down the middle with a Black marker.
Color the front of the fly with a Red marker.
Smash the head with forceps to flatten it.
Apply a small amount of Solarez resin to the head, ensuring it bonds with the dubbing.
Cure the resin with a UV light.
Apply stick-on eyes.