Red Dot variations

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  • Hook: Gamakatsu or Mustad stainless steel 2- 3/0
  • Thread: brown Uni thread 6/0
  • Tail: white / tan / black ostrich herl barred brown with permanent marker, then rusty red marabou collared over
  • Body: spun deer belly in black / brown / tan with a red deer belly spot tied in on top.
  • Eyes: heavy lead eyes to mini
  • Weed Guard: 20 or 16 lb mason hard mono

Red Dot

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  • Hook: Gamakatsu or Mustad stainless steel 2- 3/0
  • Thread: brown Uni thread 6/0
  • Tail: white ostrich herl barred brown with permanent marker, then rusty red marabou collared over
  • Body: spun widow’s web or Antron yarn with a red spot of same Antron or widow’s web tied in.
  • Eyes: heavy lead eyes to mini
  • Weed Guard: 20 or 16 lb mason hard mono

Back-country Ghost

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  • Hook: Gamakatsu or Mustad stainless steel 2- 3/0
  • Thread: brown Uni thread 6/0
  • Tail: barred gray over white bunny with anti-fouling mono loop tied before rabbit is tied in
  • Body: yellow / red / orange / brown / black crystal chenille with gray schlapen palmered in-front
  • Eyes: gold stick on doll eyes with epoxy over
  • Weed Guard: 20 or 16 lb mason hard mono

Red Spoon

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  • Hook: Gamakatsu or Mustad stainless steel 1-3/0
  • Thread: Uni thread 6/0
  • Tail: marabou with copper flash
  • Body: Cooper flash tied merkin style with house hold goop pushed through the flash to give shape, and cut the goop with scissors before it hardens completely to desired shape
  • Eyes: heavy lead eyes to mini
  • Weed Guard: 16 lb mason hard mono

Redfish

redfishRedfish are the bulldogs of the back country flats. They sometimes are so copper in color you can’t believe they actually blend in to their environment as well as they do. Other times they are as pale and silvery as a bonefish. They are awesome fish that will eagerly eat flies that are laid out on their dinner plate. Their behaviors can be very similar to bonefish, in the way they swim the flats in search of crustacean meals or little wounded bait. Unlike the bonefish that swim around with weariness and agitation, they swim the flats with a chip on their shoulders.