Realistic Silver Side Minnow

My saltwater fishing season is about to end.

I want to go to Sandy Hook as my last fishing trip,

but I have got a backache since the Fire Island Inlet fishing.

So maybe that is it.

What we, fly fishermen, can do in off season is to tie flies for the next season.

I'd like to talk about some of my previous season's flies which caught fishes or for whatever reason I like them.

The first one is "Realistic Silver Side Minnow".

Silver side is the most common bait fish in the northeastern coast.

I made many variations of "E.Z body" head ones,

then I thought why not using "E.Z body" for the entire body to make a realistic imitation.

(By the way, the same kind exists in the market. People thought about the same thing hundreds years ago.)









I know a realistic fly for the human eyes may not be for the fish eyes.
But at least I caught a fluke with this fly.













These are the materials.


















Make the fish body frame with a plastic sheet. I cut it from a clear plastic salad container.














Color the frame with marker and paste a piece of aluminum foil on both sides of the belly.














Tie the "E.Z body" on a hook and slide the frame into it.

Tie the marabou tail and paste the flashabou on both sides of the body.

Place the eyes and apply epoxy to the head.

Trim the marabou tail to complete the fly.

This is a natural one.