Tag Archives: Snook

Minnow Trap

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  • Hook: Gamakatsu or Mustad stainless steel jig hook with 60 degree bend 2- 3/0
  • Thread: white Uni thread 6/0
  • Body / Tail: lead wrap tied in head area and along under side so hook rides U. Long white buck-tail with sea-foam green buck-tail over. Pearl crystal flash flanked on sides with emu feathers flanked on each side.
  • Eyes: pearl stick on doll eyes with epoxy over
  • Weed Guard: 20 or 16 lb mason hard mono

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

Snook

snookSnook are the “back country” quarry that finds its way into playing every role a fish could: You catch them on the flats sunning themselves in the winter. You find them swimming the grass flats among the redfish looking for a quick dinner. You watch them crash schools of finger mullet on shorelines. You find them in the mangroves deep back in the dark places were flies without weed guards don’t belong. You just seem to catch these hard fighting fish in all sorts of great places.