Polecat Panfish Fly
Hook: Mustad 3906b or
Nymph Hook of preference Size #6 - #12.
Thread: Black 6/0.
Weight: (optional) .015 Lead Wire, 15 to 20 wraps.
Tail: Black Marabou.
Legs: Round Rubber Legs.
Under Body: Wrapped Medium Yellow Chenille.
Fly Back: Large Black Chenille.
I love fishing for ‘pan’ fish. Its a lot of action and fun, and you can really hone in on your casting and ‘setting’ skills. When you don’t have much time or want to travel far, head to your local pond and get away from it all.
To tie this fly, crush down the barb and place your hook in the vice. If you want to weight your fly, take 15-20 wraps of wire around the hook shank, centering the wraps in the center of the hook shank. Now start your thread behind the eye, take some securing wraps and then wrap down & over the lead wraps to the bend of the hook. Wrap back and forth over the lead wraps. End your thread back down at the bend. Prepare a tuft of Black Marabou for your tail. Preen and stroke the Marabou fibers back and tie it in at the bend. Use spiral wraps up the hook shank to secure the fibers to the hook shank. End behind the eye and cut off the butt end of the Marabou.
Bring your thread back down to the bend to tie in your body. Tie in a strand of Black Chenille. Over that tie in a strand of Yellow Chenille. When tying in these strands I strip off some of the material from the center core. Next, bring your thread to the half-way point of the hook shank. You are going to tie in your Rubber legs. There will be a pair of legs on each side of the fly. Take 2 strands of Rubber legs approximately 1 ½” long and secure them to the top of the hook shank with 2-3 wraps. Now adjust the legs so that you have a pair on each side of the hook shank forming a ‘V’ on each side. Now wrap your Yellow Chenille up the hook shank, wrapping it behind, in the middle, and in front of the legs all the way to the hook eye. Tie off your Yellow Chenille and cut off the butt end. Bring your Black Chenille over the top of the hook shank to create your ‘fly back’. Tie it off at the eye of the hook and cut off the butt end. Create a small head, whip finish, and apply a drop of head cement.
