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Master Splinter
How do you tie a Master Splinter?
Master Splinter is a dry fly pattern for trout. Find its 6 materials and 15 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- Joe Cermele
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: Gamakatsu B10S Stinger #2
- Thread: Danville's 210 Denier Flat Waxed Nylon, Black
- Black Bunny Strip
- Thin Black Foam
- Zap-a-Gap
- Clear Nail Polish
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Tying instructions
Secure the hook in the vise.
Start the thread behind the eye and wrap to the bend.
Cut a thin sliver of black bunny strip, about 3.5 inches long.
Peel off all the fur except for a tiny puff at the end.
Lash the bunny strip to the shank of the hook, leaving it long, and tie it in at the end of the strip.
Cut a piece of thin black foam about 4 inches long and 3/4 inch wide.
Lay the foam on the shank facing backwards and tie it in at about a quarter of its length, covering the entire shank all the way back to the bend in the hook.
Add a drop of Zap-a-Gap to the wrapped foam near the bend of the hook.
Tie in a long piece of black cross-cut bunny strip.
Wrap the bunny strip forward tightly all the way to the eye of the hook and cinch it down.
Part the rabbit fur so there is equal length on either side of the hook shank.
Bring your foam forward across the back and lash it in with three really tight wraps right at the eye of the hook.
Double the foam back on itself to create the mouse's head and give it three more really tight wraps with the thread.
Whip finish and add a little bit of clear nail polish to the head to keep all the wraps in place when you tighten it down.
Trim off the excess foam and create a collar right behind the finishing wraps.