Pillie Head Baitfish Saltwater Hook : Tiemco 800s - size 4. Thread : White. Tail : A few strands of red Krystalflash. Guts : Short piece of red zonker. Body : Spun Hi Vis - white (colour 11) for belly & steel blue (colour 30) for back . Eyes : Fabric paint, black on white. Coating : Softex or Silicone thinned with Mineral Turps.
Tying Instructions 1. Tie in thread at hook bend. 2. Tie in Krystalflash material at hook bend. 3. Tie in short red zonker strip. 4. Take a full length clump of you belly HiVis hank. 5. Tie in at hook bend on top of hook shank. 6. Take a full length clump of you belly HiVis hank. 7. Tie in at hook bend on the bottom of hook shank. 8. Place a small loop in your Blue HiVis tie in close the last tie in point. 9. Do the above to the white HiVis. 10. Continue the above two steps till hook shank full. 11. Tie off thread then trim excess thread. 12. Cut loops of HiVis and using finger tips spread out material. 13. Now trim to HiVis to Pilchard head shape. 14. Add a black lateral line with permanent marker pen. 15. Add on eyes. 16. Cover head with Softex or thinned silicone (mix in Mineral Turpentine).
Fly Notes Got this fly from an article by Peter Morse on 'Wool Flies' (ref Saltwater Fishing Issue 5, p108). Substitute HiVis for the body material as it holds less water than 3D wool flies. Worked on a few yellowfin tuna so far. Tried it on the southern Blues while working in South Australia but really didn't spend enough time doing so to show any real results.
Fishing Notes Start up a berley trail of pillie pieces then drift out the fly amongst the berley pieces. Look for leader or fly line movement for the take. Target species include any pelagics that feeding in a pilchard piece berley trail e.g. Mackerel, Tuna. Estuary species can also be enticed to take this fly while the tidal current is running too.
Location Notes
Prey Notes Pilchard head and tailing gut sack.
Tier Richard Carter

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