Muddler + Zonker

Hook: TMC811S #4
Thread: UNI 6/0 Black
Tail: Rabbit Zonker
Body: A.Jensen Saltwater Dub ll White
Head: Roe

Earlier this winter I got a Roe skin, and before that some Rabbit skins, and since it is seatrout season start around these parts of the world I thought I would tie up some muddler/zonker variants to bring with me.

This is the first time I’ve tied up anything muddler-like for seatrout, but if you have the basics of spinning hair this is not very hard to do. I chose the TMC811S since with its short shank and very durable design (I really like this hook!), I also tied in some rubber legs on some variants to see how they will behave and look in the water.

Some shorter rubber legs:

They are not small, but neither are they super-big, so my #6 will have no problem swinging these over easter.

I had to go down to the city and get some smaller versions of this hook and tie up some on the 811S #8. This have some added lead to bring it down.

Vaskebjørn… again

Posted on 13 September, 2014 by Håvard Eide 2546 811s daiichi tmc vaskebjørn vb

I got some new sealwool from http://fluefiskern.no/ and had to tie up some VB in sizes #4, #6 and #8 on Daiichi 2546 and TMC 811S. The quality of the sealwool is great and I will post something later to compare with other types.

SBS: Baitfish

Posted on 10 September, 201310 September, 2013 by Håvard Eide 811s angel hair bug-bond craft fur hareline mackerel salt sbs tmc uni

Hook: TMC 811S #6
Thread: UNI 6/0 Black
Tail: Hareline Extra Select Craft Fur White, Angel Hair
Body: Hareline Solid Tinsel Chenille Pearl
Wing: Hareline Extra Select Craft Fur White/Black
Head: Hareline Adhesive Holographic Eyes 3/16 Red, Bug-Bond

I have fished some in saltwater before, but haven’t had much luck when it comes to actually catching anything(!?!). But: I was on vacation last week and ended up when the tidal went out underneath a bridge, causing a strong current where I spotted a lot of fish. I put on this baitfish on my #6 rod and got 30minutes of Mackerel fun: pulling in fast I saw the mackerel hitting this fly hard! More pictures on that later, but this is my take on a baitfish pattern that was very successful. It becomes quite slim in the water and should trigger the fish if pulled in fast high in the water

Add a loop of mono at the end of the hook, I use quite a thick one

Tie in craft fur above the guard

Tie off the craft fur properly ( the fish might hit this fly hard )

Add some angel hair (not needed, but adds some glimmer to the fly)

Tie in the tinsel

Wrap the tinsel, forming a body. I don’t mind much if the body is even or straigth

Add more white craft fur as underwing

Add black craft fur as top-wing and tie of the fly with a decent head since you want a place to glue on the eyes. I vary between black, brown and green for the top-wing to create variations

I use some zap-a-gap to glue the eyes to the thread

Apply bug-bond to form a head

The material needed for this fly

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Muddler + Zonker

Vaskebjørn… again

SBS: Baitfish

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