Baby Cyclops Baitfish Saltwater Hook : Straightened Mustad 96208 stainless long shank. Thread : White. Bead Head : Nickel, suit to size. Tail : White craft fur from Spotlight. Flash : Pearl Flashabou. Body : Kreinik Metallics, Ombre style (8 ply, color 3200 Solid Pearl. Optional : Very light brush of nail polish or head cement over body.
Tying Instructions 1. Slide a nickel bead head onto your long shank hook, place hook in vice. 2. Build a lump of thread behind bead. 3. Place a drop of super glue on thread lump. 4. Before super glue dries and using long nose pliers slide thread lump up into bead head to lock it against the hook eye. 5. Lay down a full bead of thread. 6. Tie in tail material at hook bend. 7. Tie in flash material down either side of tail material. 8. Tie in metallic thread at hook bend. 9. Advance thread to back of bead head. 10. Wrap a even body along hook shank. 11. Tie off behind head with thread then trim excess thread and body material.
Fly Notes Australian version of the 'Slim Jim' by Charlie Cypert. (Ref Fly Fishing & Tying Journal Fall 1999 p88) This fly would provide a more erratic movement on the strip than the unweighted "Eyes" flies I had been using for the Mac tuna around Newcastle each autumn/winter. Then spied the Slim Jim in a recent US fly fishing magazine, perfect (with a few changes to suit what was in my fly tying cabinet). Hook selection is cheaper than a 34011 with a narrower hook gape. Body material is cheaper than fly specific body braid.
Fishing Notes Fish fly on a long leader. Use a clear intermediate or floating fly line. Target species include any pelagics that feed on small baitfish e.g. Mackerel, Tuna. Estuary Bream like it too.
Location Notes Spot birds working. Slowly motor upwind of the school. Drift quietly down on to the school. Cast ahead of the school. Let the fly sink a bit. Strip the fly fast if a little erratic stop and start.
Prey Notes Small silver baitfish.
Tier Richard Carter

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