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Southern Culture On The Fly – Issue 41
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Matt Meahan’s Steelhead Shank Intruder
From Flymen Fishing Company:
Intruder style flies are designed to provoke aggressive strikes from steelhead.
As the name suggests, the idea is to “intrude” on the steelhead’s territory and trigger the “fight” response of fight or flight.
Meahan’s Intruder is approachable pattern for all fly tyers. So many Intruder fly patterns call for some exotic material, but with everyday materials Meahan’s Intruder is a good fly for beginning steelhead tyers, but also a quick, good-looking fly for veterans as well.
The small rear loop on the Fish-Skull Senyo’s Articulated Shank makes it easy to attach the rear Kona Big Game Hunter hook and allows the shank to be held straight in any vise, avoiding the need to tie the fly at strange angles. Not to mention, the splash of color added from the Senyo’s Articulated Shank and the different variations available give you nearly endless color combination options for this fly.
Materials list:
Hook Section
Hook: Kona Big Game Hunter (BGH) hook, size #1 (https://konafishingproducts.com/colle…)
Tag: Floss
Body: Sparkle Braid
Wing: Schlappen
Shank Section
Shank: Fish-Skull Senyo’s Articulated Shank for Steelhead and Salmon Flies, size 40mm
Tag: Floss
Body: Sparkle Braid
Hackle: Schlappen
Spreader: Deer Hair
Wing: Schlappen
Feelers: Ostrich Herl
Hot Spot Wing: Schlappen
Brita Fordice’s Body Tubing Baitfish
From Flymen Fishing Company:
The Body Tubing Baitfish is a great all-around baitfish pattern. This fly can be sized up to chase peacock bass in the Amazon, or sized down to target small-stream smallmouth — any fish that eats baitfish will eat this fly!
The extended portion of the Body Tubing Baitfish has 2 main benefits for fly performance:
1. Keeping the flash well behind the hook point makes it impossible for the flash to “foul” around the hook like is so common with flash tails.
2. The Body Tubing acts as a rudder, giving the fly great movement in cross-current situations.
Materials list:
Hook: Kona Big Game Hunter hook, size 2/0
Tail: Flashabou
Tail Extender: Fish-Skull Chocklett’s Body Tubing
Underbody: UV Polar Chenille
Body: Craft Fur
Underwing: Bucktail
Wing: Craft Fur & Ripple Ice Fiber
Eyes: Surface Seducer Dragon Eyes
Head Sealer: UV Resin
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The Mission – Issue 30
Issue 30 of The Mission magazine is now available!
