Articulate Baitfish

Articulate Baitfish

This is a articulate baitfish pattern which comes with 4 section of articulate shank, bend with hard wire...  you can also get the ready spine shank from Flymen Fishing Company.

I have it tie with synthetic fiber Palmer Chenille, to minimize the weight when it is wet. 

Material List:

 Palmer Chenille by Wapsi

Slinky fiber

#07C Hard Wire by American Fishing Wire

B10S hook size 1 and 1/0

3D epoxy eye

Gel Glue

Step by step tying instructions:

Cut a 2cm length hard wire and bend it to the shape as shown in the picture

 Prepare the thread base

Tie in some Slinky Fiber

Tie in another different color fiber on top and bottom

Drop some Gel Glue, and press the fibers to create the shape of the tail

Tie in a small size Palmer Chenille

Wind in the chenille 

Now cut another 3cm hard wire, bend to the above shape

Hook thru the eye of the tail

Tie down the shank

Tie in 2 Palmer Chenille, size Med your desire and small in pearl color

Wind in both chenilles

Tie down near the eye, whip finish and drop some cement

Now cut a 4cm length hard wire and bend to the shape, hook in the previous 2 portion of body

Tie down the shank

Again, repeat the same steps, wind in and tie down

Repeat the step with a 5cm length hard wire

Put in the hook, cut a hard wire about 6cm, bend to the shape the connecting shank and insert thru the hook eye

Hook in the body and tie down the connecting shank

Tie in the chenilles, wind in and tie down near the hook eys

This is what you going to get

Now trim the body and the tail to the shape

Color the fiber with marker

Color the baitfish with marker

Drp some gel glue and stick on the 3D epoxy eye

The Articulate baitfish is ready

ICE AGE Mice pattern

ICE AGE Mice

I tie this pattern for Mongolia, my friend said it looks like the Squirrel in the movie ICE AGE... 

So.... I decided to name it the Ice Age Mice

View from below

View from top

Materials:

3mm thk close cell foam
TMC 202SP size 1/0 or bigger
Squirrel zonker
Rubber legs
80Ibs mono line
Palm chenille small
Loon Hard Head - black
Gel Super glue

The step by step tying instructions:

Prepare the hook

Tie in the mono line - to prevent the tail from rapping around the hook

Tie in the squirrel zonker as tail

Cut a pcs of 3mm thk close cell foam as per the shape show in picture

Drop some glue on the hook...Tie in the close cell foam

Tie in the palm chenille

Wind in the palm chenille, tie down and trim the extra

Tie in the rubber legs

Fold over the foam, tie down near the hook eye

Cut another pcs of cloce cell foam as per the shape shown

Drop some Gel super glue and tie down the foam as per the picture

Drop a drop of Loon hard head as eye at both side...
The Ice Age Mice is ready...

I like the action, it's easy to cast and the Mice have very good gurgling action if you give it a short quick stripping

Cheers...

Happy tying...

Tying Sculpin with Sculpin Helmet

Sculpin with Sculpin Helmet

The little Sculpin that I'm tying

Materials:

Head - Sculpin Helmet by FishSkull brown small and Woodchuck fibers

Body and tail - Squirrel Zonker

Hook - Gamakatsu B10S

Belly and under body - Prism SLF Dub

Sili Legs, Gel Glue and Markers

Step by step tying instructions:

Prepare the hook and tie in some dubbing

I use brown, gray and dark brown dubbing to create the belly and underbody

Turn the vise, hook thru the zonker, drop a small drop of Gel glue to secure it

Tie down the zonker and trim the extra

Tie in the Sili leg at both side

Cut 2 small pcs of zonker and tie in at the side as the side fins

Tie in some dark brown dubbing

Tie in some Woodchuck fiber

Fold over the fiber and tie down, whip finish.

Add some adequate amount of Gel glue, insert the Sculpin Head, glue on the eye

Tie in some thread to secure the head

Color it with marker. The Sculpin is ready

Have fun and happy tying

Cheers....