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Hawkins Triple Double
Matt Grajewski's Devil Dancer Single
Lookdown Minnow
This is a fairly easy pattern for Smallmouth Bass and works all season long. The down eye hook gives it a very erratic action that drives them wild. Lots of other color combos work; Chartreuse and white, olive and white, yellow and white etc etc MATERIALS:(+) add to cart Hook: Ahrex TP650 sz 2/0 (+)Thread: Veevus GSP 100 Denier White (+)Tail: Farrar's Flash Blend White (+)Body: Extra Select Craft Fur Sand and White (+)Eyes: Living Eyes Ice 7mm (+) --> ADD ALL TO CART <-- Also used in this tutorial Loctite Gel Super Glue (+)Loon UV Fly Finish Thin (+)Loon UV Infiniti...
Crusty Craw
This is a really simple, highly effective crayfish pattern for smallmouth bass. Works all year in deeper spots. It lands hard, so in shallow flats it might scare fish off, but in deeper pools and runs it works great. MATERIALS(+) add to cart Hook: Ahrex TP650 sz 1/0 (+)Thread: Veevus 100 Denier White (+)Eyes: Medium Plain Lead Eyes (+)Claws: Micro Rabbit Strips Crawfish Orange (+)Eyes: Stonfo Plastic V type Eyes (+)Legs: Crazy Legs Brown/Orange Flake (+)Underbody: Crawdub Burnt Orange (+)Body: Chromatic Brush 1.5" Tiger (+) --> ADD ALL TO CART <-- Also used in this tutorial Renzetti Traveler 2000 (+)Loon Razor Scissors...
Big Shrimpin'
This is an easy nymph pattern for Great Lakes Steelhead. Works really well in high dirty water. MATERIALS:(+) add to cart Thread: Veevus 6/0 Fluorescent Orange (+)Hook: Daiichi 1760 sz 6 (+)Tail/back: White McFly Foam (+)Body: Pink/Pearl Estaz (+)Hackle: Pink Chinese Saddle Hackle (+)Eyes: Black Mono Eyes Large (+) --> ADD ALL TO CART <--