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FLY TIER'S BENCH - TYING "FUZZY MERKIN "
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THE FUZZY MERKIN
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.
THE RECIPE
Tail: Brown Marabou,
Pearl Krystal Flash
Body: Brown Sparkle Yarn
Eyes: Large Lead Eyes
Legs: Rubber Legs
Thread: Orange
Weed Guard: Mono V
Hook: Mustad 34007
Hook Sizes: 1, 1/0 2/0



STEP #1

Place a #1 mustad 34007 hook in your vice.

Starting by the eye, cover the hook with some flat waxed Orange thread
TYING TIP
No tip for this step

STEP #2

Tie in some Pearl Krystal flash

TYING TIP
No tip for this step

STEP #3

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

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

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 TIP

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.

TYING TIP
No tip for this step.

STEP #5

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 TIP
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

STEP #5
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.



TYING TIP
No tip for this step


STEP #5

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.

TYING TIP
No tip for this step


STEP #5

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

TYING TIP
I use 15 lb. Mason's hard mono for the mono weed guard.


STEP #5

Take a Olive magic marker and bar the legs.

TYING TIP
Use a sharpie.


There you have it, THE FUZZY MERKIN

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