Flathead Food Item Baitfish Saltwater Hook : No.4 Mustad Saltwater 34044NPSS. Thread : No.6 waxed white / brown kevlar. Eyes : Small stick on. Head : Brown kevlar thread. Body : Pearl mylar / white and brown bucktail. Tail : White and brown bucktail / few strands of crystal flash.
Tying Instructions 1) Make a base for the body from 6/0 waxed thread. 2) Run a thin strip of cement along this base. 3) Slip on a length of pearl Mylar tube so you have a body up to about two thirds the hook. 4) Tie of at the bend, cement and put a tiny drop of super glue to keep it together. 5) You can snip the thread then. I use a light thread here just to keep the body dimensions passable. 6) Attach brown kevlar ahead of body, tie off and then tie in brown bucktail (not too much). 7) Turn hook upside down in vise and tie in a few strands of crystal flash (color to suit). 8) Tie in white Bucktail and secure the lot. 9) Turn hook back around and build up the head with the brown thread. 10) Stick on the eyes. It gets finicky here so swear a lot, it helps. I use a tiny drop of super glue 11) Apply a drop of 5 minute epoxy to head. This will help keep it all together (I hope) and gives it a finished look and which should help it swim right.
Fly Notes
Fishing Notes I use a 7wt sinking intermediate (clear mono). My leader is a standard tapered. If I'm worried about tailor being around I do tie on a short wire trace to the hook eye and then my tippet onto that so far so good and it has worked. I usually strip and pause - strip and pause and not in much of a hurry. This fly has caught Flathead and Tailor.
Location Notes Fish for flatties on appropriate tides around drop offs, weed beds, where ever they may be.
Prey Notes I cant say what this fly exactly represents but the spread bucktail could look like a number of things when retrieved in a jerky fashion. The subtle shimmer material is its strong point I suspect.
Tier Darby Willcox

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