THE FUZZY MERKIN

FLORIDA KEYS FLATS FISHING FLY SELECTION

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TYING THE FUZZY MERKIN

This fly is a Merkin tied inverted. After tying in the yarn, I take a small wire brush and brush out the yarn. It makes the appearance of a complete shell. It also sinks faster. This fly can be tied in various colors and sized. If tied on a size 2 or 4, it can be deadly on bonefish and redfish.

DIFFICULTY

THE RECIPE

Tail: Tan Craft Fur and Pearl Krystal Flash

Body: Rust Craft Fur

Thread: Wine

Eyes: Medium Bead Chain

Weed Guard: Mono V

Hook: Gamagatsu B10 Stinger #2

The Abomination - Florida Keys Fly selection

STEP #1

Starting by the eye, cover the hook with some flat waxed Orange thread

TYING TIPS:

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STEP #2

Tie in some Pearl Krystal flash

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STEP #3

Tie in a clump of brown marabou at the end of the hook

TYING TIPS:

Always coat the fly with Sally Hansen's hard as nails after each step.

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STEP #4

This is where it gets tricky. Turn you hook around in your vise. Figure eight one piece of brown sparkle yarn. Next, do the same with 1 strand of leg material. See photo on left.

TYING TIPS:

After "figure eighting" in yarn or leg material, always wrap 4 or 5 times right in front of the material. This locks in the yarn or leg material.

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STEP #5

Now, Stay with me here. Place a piece of brown sparkle yarn right over the leg that you just tied in. After placing the yarn over the leg, you must now figure eight over the leg and the yarn. This ensures that the yarn is tied in directly above the leg.

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STEP #6

Now, tie in 2 more pieces of yarn and a leg, then tie another piece of yarn over the second leg. Repeat this one more time.

TYING TIPS:

The steps go like this from the beginning. One piece of yarn then leg. One piece of yarn over leg then two pieces of yarn

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STEP #7

This is how it should look after tying in all the materials. legs and yarn. Trim yarn in a trapezoid shape as shown in picture to the left.

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STEP #8

Take a small wire brush and brush out the sparkle yarn until it looks like the picture on the left. At this stage I trim some more yarn to get the shape that I like.

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STEP #9

Tie in large lead eyes and a mono V weed guard.

TYING TIPS:

I use 16 lb. or 20lb. Mason's hard mono for the mono weed guard.

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STEP #10

Take a Olive magic marker and bar the legs.

TYING TIPS:

Use a sharpie.

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