Description

This is one of my best all around patterns for trout, panfish and bass. In rivers you can fish it with a strike indicator and dead drift it or strip it like a streamer. For bass and panfish I usually fish it with a hand twist retrieve. It also works really well fished behind a popping bug on a 15-18 inch dropper. This is one of my patterns that is produced and sold by Umpqua Feather Merchants.

Materials

Hook: TMC 3761 #8-#12

Thread: UTC 70 to match body color

Tail: Grizzly Marabou olive, tan, chartruese, purple or brown

Ribbing: Copper Wire

Abdomen: Grizzly Marabou Wrapped

Wing: Grizzly Marabou Tips

Legs: Barred Sili Leg Material to match marabou color

Collar: Ice Dub to match abdomen color

Step 1

Place gold bead on hook and secure hook in vise.

Step 2

Start your tying thread and tie in the copper wire ribbing. Wrap over the copper wire to the back of the hook where the bend starts.

Step 3

Select a full grizzly marabou feather and use tie the tip of the feather extending off the rear of the hook for the tail. I like to make the tail approximately the length of the hook shank.

Step 4

Take several tight wraps of thread at the same point to secure the tail.

Step 5

Pull the butt end of the marabou feather towards the rear of the hook and wrap your tying thread forward towards the hook eye. Stop wrapping when your thread is about three quarters of the way up the shank. Then wrap the marabou feather up the hook to form the abdomen.

Step 6

Now wrap the copper wire forward to rib the body. Make sure to space each wrap the same distance from the previous wrap. Tie the wire off wiht your tying thread and trim excess wire.

Step 7

Tie one barrdd Sili leg on each side of the hook. The legs should be pointing toward the hook bend and can be trimmed slightly past the hook bend.

Step 8

Take a seperate marabou feather and tie it in with the tip facing the hook bend to form the wing. The wing length can vary. I like the wing to extend back to where the tail is tied in.

Step 9

After trimming the excess marabou feather create a smooth thread base for the dubbing that will make the collar.

Step 10

Next, dub from the wing to the gold bead with Ice Dub to form the collar.

Step 11

Whip finish and trim your thread. Congratulations, you just finished the Secret Weapon.