Ok, so the challenge or thought was to tie up a minnow pattern that looked as close as....say a Ralpha minnow....or like the real thing. What I ended up with goes from sorta ugly, to man....that's really bad. But I thought I'd stick my neck out to show what "failure" really looks like. Although the first one is what I feel the best one, it could still need some fine tuning to get significantly better. And my photography skills speak for themselves.
#1-This one was tied up with the underbody material of Orvis stretch tubing. Then I wrapped, following the tubing groves, a piece of silver flash from the back to the front. A strip of the stretch tubing tied across the top of the hook, then a full hook wrap of the tubing followed by another "reversing" wrap and one more to finish the front "belly", rabbit zonker tail (which on this one should have been twice as much material), "Living eyes" and when I say "living" it means at least two eyes popped off the fly and ended up on the floor never to be "seen" again!, Black marker on top, A clear, hard UV resin to complete.
#2-This one was tied up with the underbody material hot glue. I shaped and formed the body as best I could when the glue was soft.Then I slid over a piece of Silver Maylar Tubing (removed the inner fibers first), rabbit zonker tail, "Living eyes", Black marker on top, Clear UV finish. Maybe a trout will like an ugly minnow?
#3--The best for last. Underbody material hot glue. I shaped and formed the body as best I could when the glue was soft. Silver Mylar over body, rabbit zonker tail, "Living eyes", Clear UV finish. Maybe a trout will like not an ugly minnow.....but a hideous minnow. Perhaps a blind trout will go for it? Black marker on the top and red marker for gils. YOI..!!
