Saltwater Fly Recipes!
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Agent Orange
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 2 - 8
- Thread - fl. fire-orange
- Body - small orange chenille
- Wing - hot orange calftail with two grizzly saddle hackle tips on each side
Apte Tarpon Fly
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 5/0 - 2/0
- Thread - fl. fire orange single strand floss
- Tail - two yellow saddle hackles enclosed by two orange saddle hackle
- Hackle - orange and yellow mixed
- fl. fire orange floss is then wrapped to eye
Apte II
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 4/0 - 2/0
- Thread - white
- Tail - four (dark) furnace hackles and copper krystal flash
- Body - grey squirrel tail covering the whole hook shank
Black and Orange
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 4/0 - 2/0
- Thread - black single strand nylon floss
- Tail - four orange saddle hackles enclosed by four black saddle hackles, flared
- Hackle - black and orange mixed
- Eyes - large silver bead chain (optional)
- black nylon floss is wrapped to the hook eye
Blue Death
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 4/0 - 2/0
- Thread - fl. blue
- Tail - four blue saddle hackles enclosed by four grizzly saddle hackle
- Hackle - blue and grizzly mixed
- fl. blue thread or nylon floss is wrapped from the tail to the eye
Bonefish Special
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 4
- Thread - black
- Tail - short orange marabou
- Underbody - flat gold tinsel
- Overbody - clear v-rib
- Wings - white bucktail mixed with a few strands of pearl krystal flash enclosed by 2 strands of grizzly hackle tips
Candy Eel
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 1/0
- Thread - white
- Tail - badger saddle hackle super glued into the end of the body
- Body - pearl mylar tubing extended
- Wing - green over white ocean hair or super hair
- Eyes - green and black paste ons
Crazy Charlie - white
- Hook - standard saltwater sizes 2 - 8
- Thread - white
- Underbody - flat pearl tinsel
- Body - v-rib clear
- Wings -white calftail or synthetic yak hair with a few strands of pearl flashabou (or crystal flash) over the top
- Eyes - silver bead chain
Crazy Yellow
- Hook - standard saltwater sizes 2 - 6
- Thread - white
- Wings -Two white hackle tips with pearl flashabou tied inverted
- Eyes - silver bead chain
George Bush
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel sizes 2 - 8
- Thread - fl. orange
- Tail - dyed yellow pearl krystal flash
- Underbody - fl. orange thread
- Body - dyed yellow pearl krystal flash wrapped
- Wings - dyed yellow pearl krystal flash
- Eyes - gold or silver bead chain or lead eyes nickel plated depending on fishing depth
Horror
- Hook - standard saltwater sizes 2 - 8
- Thread - black
- Wings -natural brown bucktail covered by two cree hackle tips
- Head - yellow chenille
Krystal Flash
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 2/0 - 2
- Thread - white
- Tail - white ocean hair pearl, yellow, olive krystal flash tied forward then pulled back
- Eyes - painted - yellow with black pupil
Krystal Flash Charlie
- Hook - standard saltwater sizes 4 - 8
- Thread - yellow
- tail - dyed yellow pearl krystal flash
- Underbody - dyed yellow pearl krystal flash
- Overbody - clear v-rib
- Thorax - hot yellow rabbit dubbing
- Wings - dyed yellow pearl krystal flash
- Eyes - gold bead chain
Lefty's Deceiver - Blue/white
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 4/0 - 1
- Thread - black
- Tail - eight white saddle hackles with a few strands of blue krystal flash and pearl flashabou
- Body - flat silver tinsel
- Throat - white bucktail
- Underwing - white bucktail on sides as well
- Wing - blue bucktail
- Topping - 6 to 8 strands of peacock herl
- Collar - red thread
- Eyes - painted - white with black pupil
Mini Shrimp-Orange
- Hook - standard saltwater size 8
- Thread - fl. orange
- Body - hot orange antron dubbing
- Wings - pearl krystal flash and four dyed orange grizzly hackle tips
- Eyes - silver bead chain
Orange and Grizzly
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 4/0 - 2/0
- Thread - fl. orange single strand nylon floss
- Tail - four orange saddle hackles enclosed by four grizzly saddle hackles, splayed
- Hackle - orange and grizzly mixed
- Eyes - large silber bead chain (optional)
- fl. orange nylon floss is wrapped from the tail to the eye
Redfish
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 2/0 - 2
- Thread - fl. red floss
- Tail - four white hackles splayed with a few strands of silver flashabou on each side
- Collar - red marabou
- Finish - fl. red floss tapered to eye
Surf Candy
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 1/0
- Thread - white
- Wing - olive over white ocean hair or super hair
- Sides - wide pearl mular tinsel
- Eyes - green and black paste ons
- Head - clear epoxy ove
Tarpon Glo - Orange
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 5/0 - 3/0
- Thread - fl. fire orange single strand floss
- Tail - natural brown bucktail
- Wings - four grizzly hackle enveloped by four dyed orange hackle splayed
- Hackle - grizzly and dyed orange
- Collar - fl. green single strand floss
- Eyes - painted - white with black pupil
Tarpon Taker - White
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 4/0 - 1/0
- Thread - red single strand floss
- Tail - white rabbit fur strip
- Sides - grizzly hackle tips short
- Collar - white rabbit fur strip one wrap
- Throat - pearl and red krystal flash
- Hackle - red hackle
- Body - red single strand floss
- Shellback/wing - pearl and red krystal flash
- Underwing - white bucktail on sides as well
- Eyes - painted - yellow with black pupil
Comment - Yellow tarpon taker is the same except substitute yellow rabbit fur for white and yellow krystal flash for red.
Whitlock's Bait Fish
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 1/0
- Thread - white
- Weed Guard - heavy clear monofilament
- Tail - white and light blue marabou, 2 dyed light blue grizzly saddles with silver and light blue flashabou
- Hackle - light blue grizzly hackle
- Wing - silver and light blue flashabou short
- Throat - red flashabou short
- Eyes - white audible eyes
Yucatan Special
- Hook - standard saltwater stainless steel size 2 - 8
- Thread - fl. green floss
- Butt - fl.orange fuzzy wool
- Body - fl. green chenille
- Wing - lime green bucktail and lime green krystal flash
- Sides - grizzly hackle tips short