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Peanut Envy
How do you tie a Peanut Envy?
Peanut Envy is a streamer fly pattern for Gar, Bass, Panfish, Trout, trout, bass. Find its 9 materials and 24 tying steps below.
The Peanut Envy is a streamer fly designed to imitate baitfish, making it effective for targeting predatory fish like trout and bass. It is fished using a stripping technique to mimic the movement of a fleeing fish.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- Gar, Bass, Panfish, Trout, trout, bass
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At the vise
Materials
- Streamer Hook, TMC 5263, sizes 2-6
- Thread (140 Denier), Olive
- Brass Bead, 5.5mm
- Olive Marabou
- Ice Dub, Olive
- Olive Saddle Hackle
- Barred Olive Rubber Legs
- Monofilament, 20lb
- Craft Beads 5.5mm
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Tying instructions
Place your rear hook (Size 4) in the vise and build a thread base extending to the bend.
Tie in Marabou extending from the bend of the hook.
Tie in a single saddle hackle by the tip at the base of the tail.
Create a dubbing noodle of Ice Dub on thread.
Wrap dubbing noodle forward to rear of hook eye.
Palmer hackle forward. Secure with thread. Trim excess.
Tie in Marabou wing over palmered hackle. Wing should extend the length of the hook shank.
Tie in a rubber leg along each side of the hook shank.
Pull forward facing legs to the rear and secure with thread.
Whip finish. Remove hook from vise.
Add cone head to front hook (Size 2) and place in vise. Create thread base extending to bend.
Tie in a 4" section of 19 strand Beadalon along the top of the hook shank.
Add two craft beads (red) to monofilament.
Run mono through eye of rear hook, return mono through beads and secure with thread along top of front hook shank.
Repeat: Tie in Marabou extending from the bend.
Tie in a single saddle hackle by the tip at the base of the tail.
Create a dubbing noodle of Ice Dub on thread.
Wrap dubbing noodle forward to rear of hook eye.
Palmer hackle forward. Secure with thread. Trim excess.
Tie in Marabou wing over palmered hackle.
Tie in a rubber leg along each side of the hook shank.
Pull forward facing legs to the rear and secure with thread.
Dub a collar of Ice Dub filling the gap between the marabou wing and cone head.
Whip finish and apply super glue to the thread to complete.