Ed Belasky's Tandem Bill Fish fly (trolling) |
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| Hook: | Rear hook Mustad 34007 5/0 - Front hook Mustad 3407 6/0 Attach 60 lb nylon coated wire to the rear hook |
| Thread: | Light olive |
| Spine: | Weed wacker line |
| Body (covering spine): | Slide on EZ Body Med Chartreuse over the rear hook and spine |
| Tail: | Off White Slinky Fiber coated with Soft Body and colored with permanent markers. Tie this to the end of the spine a few centimeters from the bend of the hook. Use Zap a Gap to secure the tail. Slide the EZ Body over and secure with Goop and sprinkle diamond dust glitter into goop. The tail acts as a rudder on this trolling fly. Slide the front hook into place piercing the EZ Body material. Pull the EZ Body braid back out of the way. Attach front hook to the wire cable and secure whippings with zap a gap. Attach weed wacker spine to front hook and slide the EZ Body up the hook and secure. |
| Body: | Blended bucktail.. Yellow, Green, Orange, Blue, Pink, Florescent Yellow and Florescent Blue. Saddle feathers.. two Florescent Yellow Grizzly, two Florescent Blue feathers and four florescent yellow feathers. Several strands Pearl flashabou. |
| Topping: | Blended bucktail.... Yellow, Pink, Blue and Orange. Metalic Pink and Metalic Green Krystal Flash. Several strands of peacock herl. |
| Throat: | Red marabou |
| Cheeks: | Two Golden Pheasant neck feathers |
| Eyes: | Stick on prism eyes |
| Nose: | Coat thread wraps in a light coating of epoxy and sprinkle fine glitter onto the nose |
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