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Baby Fat Minnow

How do you tie a Baby Fat Minnow?

Baby Fat Minnow is a streamer fly pattern for Bluegill, Bass. Find its 9 materials and 10 tying steps below.

Difficulty
2 of 5
Target species
Bluegill, Bass
Pattern designer
Clark Pierce (Cheech)

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At the vise

Materials

  • Scud Hook, TMC 2457, sizes 10-14
  • Thread (70 Denier), White
  • Tungsten Bead, 3.5mm, Silver
  • White Marabou
  • Ice Dub, Pearl
  • Laser Dub, Olive (back)
  • Laser Dub, White (belly)
  • Adhesive Eyes, 3mm
  • UV Resin

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Tying instructions

  1. Add bead to hook and place in vise.

  2. Secure bead with thread along shank above hook point.

  3. Tie in marabou fibers at the hook bend, extending approximately twice the shank length to form the tail.

  4. Dub shank with Pearl Ice Dub to the rear of the bead.

  5. Tie in an additional clump of Ice Dub at rear of bead and pull back. Wrap thread to front of bead.

  6. Apply olive laser dubbing along the top of the shank, keeping rear-facing fibers extending halfway down the tail without trimming forward-facing ones.

  7. Repeat the previous step along the hook's bottom using white laser dubbing.

  8. Pull forward facing Laser Dub to the rear and secure with thread at rear of hook eye.

  9. Whip finish, trim thread and brush out laser dub.

  10. Glue adhesive eyes to complete.

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