Essentially nothing more than an anorexic Blob, but a handy little pattern to have in your saltwater arsenal. Not a pattern that you will sit back and admire after tying, but it does catch fish which I think is the idea behind whipping stuff to a hook. Like most salty patterns, you can play around with the materials and colours. You can also tie this fly unweighted or add weight with lead wire, beadchain, beadheads and coneheads. I tend to use it as a 'when all else fails' pattern, but I know some people dress it bulkier and swear by it in coloured water.
Hook: Standard saltwater O'Shaunessy.
Eyes: Beadchain.
Thread: Mono.
Tail: Marabou.
Body: Fritz.
Step 1 Attach a set of beadchain eyes 'clouser' style. Paint the eyes black (I use black nail varnish but modellers acrylic paint is a good alternative.)
Step 2: Tie in tail behind eyes.
Step 3: Catch in Fritz at start of tail then move thread up to eye of hook.
Step 4: Wind Fritz along shank, criss-cross over eyes and wrap up to hook eye. Tie off, whip finish.
Schminnow.
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