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| Fontinalis Fin |
Recipe:
Hook – Mustad 3399
Size – 6 - 12
Tail – White
Rib – Flat Silver Tinsel
Body – Orange Wool or Floss
Hackle – Furnace
Wing – Married Orange, dark slate and white
The Fontinalis Fin is an imitation of a clipped brook trout fin (a.k.a. bait). This version is from Bergman, R.
Trout (1938) and is tied with an orange wool body.
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| Start off with a white thread base. |
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| Tie in your tail. |
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| Tie in your orange wool or silk and silver rib. |
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| Wind forward your wool or silk. |
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| Wrap forward your rib in 5 open wraps and whip finish. |
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| Tie in black tread and hackle by tip. |
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| Wrap hackle 2-3 turns and with your thumb nail push fiber down. |
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| Marry your quill fibers place on top of hook shank and secure. |
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| Trim waist at a 45 and build your head and whip finish. |
