| The fishin Hole Blue Smelt Recipe: | | | | wire. |
| Hooks- Mustad 3366 sz4 | | | | Put extra wraps ahead of wire to make a |
| Tandem wire- Sevalon nylon coated wire 27# | | | | smooth transition - ramp from wire to hook shaft. |
| test | | | | Whip finish. |
| Thread- Rumpf prewaxed White 8/0 | | | | With thin CA or superglue lightly cover wire, let |
| Tail & wing flash- Polar Flash #2002 or similar | | | | dry thoroughly. |
| blue hue flash | | | | Re-start thread and wind to rear of leading hook. |
| Wing- White Bucktail, Blue Bucktail, 2-3 peacock | | | | Bind in 4" of polydub, and 3" silver tinsel. Wind |
| herl | | | | thread forward to 1/8" or a little more behind |
| Body- White polydub, Medium smooth silver tinsel | | | | eye. In smooth even wraps cover hook with |
| Instructions: | | | | polydub, then loose spiral tinsel and lock in place. |
| Clamp the eye of one hook in your vise of in a | | | | Next add in a sparse bunch of white bucktail that |
| pair of needlenose and gently bend the eye of | | | | will extend to or just past trailing hook.bind on |
| the trailing hook up to about a 30 to 40 degree | | | | approx 5-8 strands of polar flash. |
| angle. | | | | Lightly coat with thin head cement. |
| Measure out about 3 - 3.5 inches of wire and snip | | | | Bind in sparse bunch of blue bucktail, then top with |
| with wirecutters. Feed wire in through trailing hook | | | | peacock herl. |
| until it reaches just ahead of bend. | | | | Continue wrapping until a smooth even head is |
| Cover wire on top with many wraps of thread. | | | | formed whip finish with 5 twists. and head |
| Measure and tie in a polar flash tail. | | | | cement. |
| Whip finish. | | | | Paint head with white enamel, dry, then paint on |
| With thin CA or superglue lightly cover wire up to | | | | red dot on each side (eyes). |
| and including the hook eye, let dry thoroughly. | | | | Cast or troll this incredible fly for salmon or trout. |
| Start thread again and bring to rear of the hook , | | | | Bass have also shown plenty of interest in this fly. |
| just ahead of tail. Tie in about 4 inches of white | | | | We have found this fly to be especially effective |
| poly dub and silver tinsel. bring thread to eye. | | | | in Segago Lake here in Windham Maine where the |
| Wrap forward and bind in polydub then open spiral | | | | smelts seem to have a slight purple or blue tinge |
| tinsel forward. | | | | in their color. Will most likely do well in any body |
| Whip finish. | | | | of water where game fish are hunting for Smelts. |
| Put leading hook into vise. Measure wire length and | | | | NOTE: |
| cut so that wire will end about 1/8 inch behind | | | | Please do not reproduce this recipe or image |
| eye. With Trailing tandem held straight up and | | | | without permission or attaching credit to the Fishin' |
| behind wrap many times, the entire length of | | | | Hole where these Maine flies can be purchased. |