The Trickster
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Hook: Owner 5311-133 Red Finish 3/0 or Mustad 34007ss 4/0
Thread: Monofilament, fine.
Eyes: Chartreuse Bead Chain, Medium.
Body: Rainbow Flash-a-bou under white super hair, under SF
Shrimp Flash Blend, under SF Olive Flash Blend, under 5-6 strands of peacock
herl. (This is also a great pattern tied
and fished in Black!)
Head: X-cut Magnum Bunny, Olive Green.
Glue: Crazy Glue or Zap-a-Gap
This fly was developed by
Captain Skip Montello of North Coast Angler.
It’s used to catch finicky stripers on the Joppa Flats. The Joppa Flats are part of the Merrimack
River Estuary System in Newburyport
MA
This fly is tied with Steve
Farrar Flash Blend material. It’s
a mixture of two great fly tying materials, Slinky Fiber and Angel Hair.
Begin by laying a base of thread from the eye of the hook to the
bend. Next tie the Rainbow
Flash-a-bou. It should extend
approximately 1” to 1 ½” beyond the hook bend.
On top of the Flash-a-bou tie in a clump of white super hair. It should extend 2-3” beyond the hook
bend. You can now tie in your Chartreuse
Bead chain eyes very close to the hook eye.
Use figure eight wraps and apply some glue or zap-a-gap to them. Next tie in your SF Shrimp Flash Blend. It should extend 4”-5” beyond the hook
bend. Next tie in your SF Olive Blend a
little bit longer than the Shrimp. Next,
top this with 8-10 strands of peacock herl.
Finally, tie in your
X-cut bunny near the bend of the hook.
You are going to wrap it forward just like a traditional bunny fly. Tie it off right behind the eyes. Tie in a clump of red ultra-hair under the
eyes to mimic gill plates. Tie off the
fly at the eye, apply head cement, and your done. Tie this in black and chartreuse as well.
This fly can also be viewed
at the Housatonic Fly Fishermen’s Association website at www.hffa.net
. If you have any questions about this
fly or would like to submit a Fly of The Month I can be reached at 203 305-3850 or e-mail
me at pdinice@frontier.com . Below is an instructional Fly Tying Video on how to tie the Trickster.
