Where to fly for christmas
Christmas Island Special Bonefish Fly Tying Instructions
here we're going to tie the Christmas
Island special this is a bum fish fly
first thing I'm going to do is just
start off with some thread right up by
the eye of the hook and I'm going to
leave a small space in between the IDA
hook and where I'm going to tie in my
eyes and for my eyes I'm using a pair of
nickel with red pupil pseudo eyes a
little bit different than just a plain
set and all I'm doing is just putting
some X wraps around those eyes just to
make sure they're nice and secure once
I've done that a few times take my
thread right behind those eyes now I'm
going to take a clump of Krystal flash
you can use whatever color you like
usually I either use pearl pink or
orange but whatever whatever color you
feel like doing you're going to use this
for the for the body and the tail and
the collar so the first thing we're
going to do is we're going to tie in the
tail section and what I'm going to do is
I'm going to tie in the tail so it's
just a couple lengths of the hook shank
hanging off of the back I'm going to
lash it down
I'm going to lash down this other
section got wrapped around my thread
here I'm going to take this other
section topple it over and I do this
just so it doesn't fall apart on me now
I'm just going to build a smooth body
covering up all those wraps once I've
done that I'm going to jump my thread
two in front of the eyes then I'm going
to take that crystal flash I'm going to
pull it tight I'm going to wrap a body
and as I pull it tight you can see that
crystal flash will lay flat trick is to
pull on it once I get to the eyes I'm
just going to wrap around those eyes a
couple of times that will cover up the
thread I also make the fly a little more
durable I'm going to capture that
crystal flash a couple times there with
my thread and I flip fly over I'm just
going to take this crystal flash and
pull it back and wrap back up over it
this will be part of the collar you can
trim a little bit of it just for now
just to keep it out of your way
now we will do is trim the tail and the
collar together so just pull them both
to the side we want to be about the same
length we wanted to hang about twice the
length of the shank of the hook so one
shank length off of the back of the fly
so I just trim those now the next thing
to do is to tie in the collar now this
fly is meant to be tied fairly sparse
this isn't a fly that's very bulky so
when I cut a piece of pseudo hair off
I'm going to be careful how much I use I
don't want to take a real big chunky
piece off and you can use craft fur for
this too I prefer the pseudo hair it
moves much nicer in the water to finer
material much more dense as well so it
just moves a lot better and I'm going to
take a chunk off that's about the same
length as that collar you can see it's
fairly sparse compared to a lot of the
other bone fish flies that you see I
just trim it to length I'm just going to
tie this in right up here by the eye
build a small head just by covering up
all the pseudo hair and once I've got it
tied in I am ready to finish the fly by
whip finishing then all that's left to
do is to add a bit of glue to the fly
you can glue the body as well if you
like to make it more durable just take a
little bit of brush on Zappa cap cover
the entire head here and I will put some
in between those eyes keep them from
rolling from side to side and lock them
down then you can put a little bit on
the body to that crystal flash does tend
to fall apart if you're not careful
that's all there is to the Christmas
Island special great little simple bone
fish fly imitates a little shrimp and
you can buy all the materials for this
fly yet and the riffle calm thanks for
watching
