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Mickey Finn
How do you tie a Mickey Finn?
Mickey Finn is a streamer fly pattern for Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Bass, Landlocked Salmon. Find its 5 materials and 14 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5
- Target species
- Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Bass, Landlocked Salmon
- Pattern designer
- John Alden Knight
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At the vise
Materials
- Streamer Hook, TMC 9394, sizes 6-10
- Thread (70 Denier), Black
- Flat Silver Mylar Tinsel (body)
- Oval Silver Tinsel (rib)
- Yellow Over Red Over Yellow Bucktail
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Tying instructions
Secure hook in vise with shank level
Attach thread behind eye, wrap to bend and back to create thread base
Tie in oval silver tinsel at bend for rib
Tie in silver mylar tinsel
Wrap mylar tinsel body to 3 eye lengths behind eye
Counter-wrap oval tinsel rib with 4-5 evenly spaced turns
Tie off materials
Select sparse yellow bucktail, stack and measure
Tie in first yellow bucktail wing layer using pinch method
Trim butts at angle
Tie in sparse red bucktail on top
Tie in second yellow bucktail layer on top
Build neat thread head
Whipfinish and apply head cement