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How to tie a Red Flash Mickey Finn



The Mickey Finn is great streamer for fishing rivers with fast water like the Roaring Fork in Colorado. This little minnow imitation may look like a little brown trout or perhaps a sculpin in the Fall. I like to fish a Mickey Finn as a dropper fly and move it through the water pretty quickly.

Streamer Fly







Watch How To Tie This Fly:

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Materials List:

This streamer pattern calls for a long shank hook.  I usually pick a Daiichi 2341 in sizes 2-8.




I chose to use dark brown thread for this particular fly.  I would suggest using a few different colors to see if the fish bite more often.




The body of a Mickey Finn Fly is tied with Silver Mylar Tinsel




The rib of this fly is tied with silver round Micro-Tinsel.




What would a Red Flash Mickey Finn be without a little red flash?!




Finally, the wing of this classic streamer is tied with yellow and red buck tail.
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Step By Step: How to tie a Red Flash Mickey Finn


Start with a Long Shank Streamer Hook.
Use strong thread.
Tie in a stretch of Silver Round Micro Tinsel.
Add a stretch of Flat Silver Tinsel.  Be sure to use as few good wraps with the thread as you need to avoid a bulky look later in the fly.
Carefully and evenly wrap the tread back to the top of the bend of the hook.
Now warp the thread back up to a point close to the eye of the hook.
Carefully and evenly wrap the flat silver tinsel forward and tie it off.
Now carefully and evenly wrap the round silver tinsel forward and tie it off.
Add a clump of yellow bucktail.
Add a clump of red buck tail.
Tie in a few strands of red flash material.
Capt it with a final clump of yellow buck tail and whip finish to complete the fly.

Red Flash Mickey Finn



The wild rivers in the Colorado Rockies are packed with hungry, streamer eating trout. Fishing with flies like a Mickey Finn can be very productive.  If you would like to take a guided fishing trip on the Colorado River or Roaring Fork River, please go to http://www.aspenflyfishing.com



"How to tie a
Red Flash Mickey Finn"

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How to tie a Big Red Shark Fly


Catching sharks is some of the most exciting big fish fun an angler can have. Catching sharks with flies is a true challenge of accuracy, anticipation and a little luck. This Big Red Shark Fly is tied to imitate a tasty morsel of flesh and blood. It can be tied bigger or smaller and with different colors if needed. I find that red, white and yellow seem to work best for the sharks in the Florida Keys.

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Watch how to tie this fly:


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 Materials List:


 Most sharks are big sharks, if you want to have the best success you will pick shark hooks that are strong with a big gap. I have also used circle hooks and had great success.
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This Big Red Shark Fly uses red hackles for the tail.  I like to splay them out "Keys Style" so that I can control how fast my fly is sinking to meet the fish.



This Particular Shark Fly Pattern also uses a bit of silver flash.
Finally, the collar of this fly is made with red marabou.



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Step by step: How to tie a Big Red Shark Fly

Start a big strong hook








Tie in a tail with red feathers
(6-8 feathers)







(Top view of tail)








Add a bit of Flashabou








"Lock" the middle of the fly with glue








Tie in a clump of marabou
for the collar of the fly







Whip Finish, glue and complete the fly

Big Red Shark Fly

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"How to tie a
Big Red Shark Fly"
by Capt. Matt Thomas





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How to tie a Black Death Tarpon Toad

The Black Death Tarpon Toad is one of my favorite Back Country Tarpon Flies, mostly because it is big, black and red, and tarpon eat it up. I have caught fish on this pattern in the channels, in the flats, and in the flow. Fly fishing for tarpon is one of the most exciting fishing experiences and having enough of the right fly is invaluable. A well tied Black Death Tarpon Toad is certainly one of the best tarpon flies to have in your collection.

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Watch how to tie this Tarpon Fly:



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Materials List:

I use Gamakatsu SL12S #1/0 for every giant tarpon fly I tie. This hook is very good at hooking and keeping an upper lip without bending out.



For this particular Tarpon Toad Pattern, I chose to use bead chain eyes. I usually use size medium or large when I choose to weight my toad flies.




The Black Death Pattern calls for a combination of red and black. I used red rabbit strips for the tail.




This fly also calls for a marabou collar. You may need all sorts of colors of marabou for the tarpon toads you can tie.




Finally, the head of this fly is tied with EP Fibers. There are many colors, so choose wisely...




Super Glue is a must for a saltwater fly tyer.  I typically use the super glue that is on sale.



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Step By Step: How to tie a Black Death Tarpon Toad


Start a hook








Add a rabbit strip for the tail
and tie it up so that it does not
wrap around the hook
(snarfle guard)





Tie in a marabou collar









Now add body segments







Tie in bead chain eyes and
whip finish the fly







Trim the body







Lock it down with glue and
complete the fly

 
Black Death Tarpon Toad






 Migrating Tarpon are one of the greatest challenges a fly fisherman can face. Giant fish, tiny hook. If you have the need to catch a monster fish with a fly rod, go to http://www.riplips.com/florida and book a tarpon fishing charter in the Florida Keys.



"How to tie a
Black Death Tarpon Toad"
by Capt. Matt Thomas

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