How To Tie A Spoon Minnow

[@brandonparker4161]

This is sweet! I’ll be tying some for creek smallies. Thanks!

[@5bigjeff]

Deva nail and fly tying you have appointment 😂. Nice action and innovative building

[@mossycreekflyfishing]

Imagine the paint jobs you could get professionally done!

[@danjohnson2098]

Must say very impressed with your process.Well explained and innovative.Thanks for sharing.

[@mossycreekflyfishing]

You are very welcome!

[@huntingicon]

Great video. Thanks for sharing

[@KamArte-x4d]

Thank you very much!

[@kentpopken]

Great looking pattern

[@kenb4685]

Gidday, great tutorial, innovative use of materials. Thankyou.

[@mossycreekflyfishing]

Thank ya!

[@seabassstalker8805]

belloooo figata!!!

[@eross3003]

Awesome fly. Do you think you could do one as a tarpon worm with frayed edges (palolo)?

[@mossycreekflyfishing]

I'd say don't even bother with the frayed edges. You could also try to put some hackle between the nails. Frankly if you get the color correct it likely won't matter. If you make it light it will flutter and the smallest twitch should trigger the strike.

[@TomNavesink]

A great looking fly! Question, have you ever tried substituting UV resin for the epoxy? I don’t have a dryer and would prefer to use something that hardens immediately. I imagine the epoxy is bulletproof.

[@mossycreekflyfishing]

You can use UV but it is 1000x more expensive. Make sure you bake it with a light so that it dries hard enough to sand easily.

[@richardlarkin4064]

CK would' approve.

[@mossycreekflyfishing]

Likely, but then he would remind us how we are doing 5 of the steps incorrectly. haha. We had too few originals to tear apart and truly reverse engineer. The 1st batch we did swam well and caught fish so close enough!

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Awesome!

[@cgcalhoun1936]

So how do you come up with the stencil size to begin with?

[@mossycreekflyfishing]

The stencils we have are based off the original commercially produced fly we loved to fish years ago. That said you can mess with the nail size and shapes to get more or less wobble. The tail is usually cut symmetrical to the back of the nail and down to a point. We use premade hellgrammite tails for this as well. You can make them longer or shorter based on how you want the fly to look and to swim. We are working on a stencil pattern for size specific hooks.

[@cgcalhoun1936]

Thanks. Cool looking pattern. Guess I’m just gonna have to do some “crafting”!😁

[@cerebraltackle]

How are you coloring the rest of the tails? Also, how small can we make these? Crappie size? Something that can sit on a #6 hook maybe?

[@mossycreekflyfishing]

We carry the ultra suede in many colors: mossycreekflyfishing.com/products/ultra-suede-tail-material?_pos=1&_sid=481f8208d&_ss=r Should be able to make them pretty small, just need the right shape body. When trying different sizes, we recommend making one and testing how it swims before you commit to an entire batch.

[@bigmikefishingchonicles9950]

Do you make that for people

[@mossycreekflyfishing]

We are currently tying them for our guided trips and for personal use. Hoping to have them commercially tied in the future.

[@kennyballew804]

Do you make and sell them?

[@mossycreekflyfishing]

Not for sell just yet…

[@zugbug7]

Where's the thread? This is not fly tying. This is not a fly pattern. It's arts and crafts lure construction.

[@mossycreekflyfishing]

Thread- danvilles flat waxed nylon, lead….and yes, a lot of arts and crafts. Despite this “flyure” being controversial…it’s so much fun to fish on a fly rod and much too light to fish on conventional gear. Despite the heated debate, too many people asked how to create it not to post.

[@zugbug7]

@mossycreekflyfishing Just saying, post whatever you want. Still not a fly.

[@BuffaloWill]

Did you even watch the video 😂