Steve Farrar Blend Baitfish - || FLY TYING TUTORIAL || - With Zack Harris

[@jakefinn7905]

a great baitfish pattern and thank you for the tying techniques. the hook is a standard tarpon hook that is sticky sharp and penetrates bony mouths. also, the video looks great.

[@DTtunacharters]

Have you guys actually fished with flies tied with these Steve Farrar fibres? They look awesome out of the water but the fibres don’t really move under water. Side by side with a craft fur tie and there is no comparison. Beautiful tie and technique brother but try craft fur and add your own flash. Your fly will pulse way more and have WAY more action underwater where it really counts.

[@kstro54]

Nice simple fly, but works on numerous fish species. I like using Farrar fibers versus Puglisi fibers. I think it makes a better profile and is lighter to cast.

[@honeyholeangling]

I like farrar fibers for baitfish and ep fibers for crab patterns!

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Very nice baitfish!

[@honeyholeangling]

Thanks!!

[@jbond119]

I hate using a full length hank of SF fibers on a 1/0 or smaller (even 2/0) since there is so much waste. But otherwise the taper gets so uneven.

[@honeyholeangling]

Great tip you pointed out! Thanks for watching!

[@jbond119]

Of course. Thanks for the videos! What I’ll do sometimes is save those pieces (some of the longer ones) and if I can get the taper even use them for later tie ins.

[@DTtunacharters]

Have you guys actually fished with flies tied with these Steve Farrar fibres? They look awesome out of the water but the fibres don’t really move under water. Side by side with a craft fur tie and there is no comparison. Beautiful tie and technique brother but try craft fur and add your own flash. Your fly will pulse way more and have WAY more action underwater where it really counts. Oh also Nyatt is awesome. Maybe you could use the Farrar fibres as a “skeleton” underneath and then add some Nyatt over top to give the fly that “pulsing” action underwater that mimics a startled baitfish and is what I think triggers the strike a lot of the time.

[@joef1299]

The other school of thought is that natural baitfish don’t pulse/breathe so much in the water and the stiffer darting action of synthetics is actually more realistic. I myself am a clouser/bucktail/rabbit strip guy but there’s a reason so many folks love EP/fiber flies.

[@DTtunacharters]

@@joef1299 let other people use them then! lol! Any lure or fly I have ever used needs to have action to work! lol!

[@nicholasvargas1661]

So dope.

[@honeyholeangling]

Thank You!!

[@Fabio-bc2ji]

Best tyning

[@honeyholeangling]

Thanks!