Ray's Foam Slider
Ray Greynolds
| Tail: Marabou |
| Body: Dubbed underbody with foam
shellback, and hackle wrapped to the front. |
| Head: Foam |
| Notes: This is a great top water for all
species, and it works good when fished at night. I also tie
this fly in black on a size 8 hook. It can be fished on a sink
tip to represent a dragonfly nymph. White, Black, and
Chartreuse are good colors. Rubber legs can also be added to
the fly. If you want to move more water don't trim the foam to
close to the head. |
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1.
Tie in the marabou to about 3/4 of the way up the hook. This adds a base
to glue the foam to.
2.
Tie in a grizzly hackle.
3.
Cut a piece of foam 1 and 1/2 times the length of the hook, and as wide as the
hook gap.
4.
Cut the end of the foam to a point and secure with a couple of thread wraps.
5.
Dub the underbody 3/4 the way up the hook.
6.
Put a bead of super glue on the dubbing and tie down the foam at the
front. Trim excess foam and save.
7.
Wrap the hackle to the front.
8.
Before putting on the head, build up a thread base to glue the head to.
Take your bodkin and punch a hole in the center of the foam piece you
saved. Work the piece of foam onto the hook eye. Apply super glue to
the thread base, pull back the ends of the foam and tie down. Whip finish
and trim the foam on top and bottom.