Eyes Baitfish Saltwater Hook : Gamagatsu Siwash 8. Thread : Mono. Eyes : Black mono eyes as big as you can make. Underbody : Silver holographic tinsel. Head : Silicone with nail varnish painted over. Body : Same as head. Tail : Fluoro white polar fibre. Lateral line : Silver flashy stuff. Flashtail : Pearl fire fly fibre or comes alive 5mm past tail of polar fibre.
Tying Instructions 1) Wrap shank with thread. 2) Tie in about ½ of your polar fibre so that it extends 20 - 30mm past the hook bend. 3) Wrap it ( tie it ) down only about half way down shank. 4) Then to build a taller profile, tie in the other half of your fibre. 5) Add a few strands of flash to each side of the fibre. 6) Trimming them to about 5- 10 m past hook bend for the flash tail. 7) Add one or two silver flashy stuff strands each side of the tail fibre to represent the strongly visible lateral line. 8) Tie in mono eyes using X method. 9) Wrap over the tied down polar fibre with the silver holographic tinsel to the point where you stopped the thread over the polar fibre. 10) Using some dishwashing liquid and water on your fingers cover the head tinsel with silicone . 11) Mould a profile to match with the tail, continue silicone body to the hook bend, smooth over. 12) Let dry over night. 13) Once dry give 3-4 coats of clear nail varnish.
Fly Notes
Fishing Notes Will catch all small pelagic species that feed on the surface hammering the huge schools of EYES that move inshore and into our estuaries in the Sydney region during winter. When casting to a school a retrieve is not usually necessary,. If nothing happens a few seconds after the fly hitting the water, use a varied retrieve, a few fast strips, then let it free drift a savage strike will usually be the result. Target species include fast moving surface feeders - Australian salmon, tuna species
Location Notes 1) Usually cast to schools of surface fish feeding on small white bait fish, generally in winter for salmon (Saltwater salmon) 2) Used anywhere fish fed on small whitebait especially drops-offs near sand flats, i.e. targeting flathead and bream.
Prey Notes Fished to represent the small baitfish that hit our coast in the cooler months often referred to as eyes or whitebait.
Tier Grant Marshall

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