Glo Egg Minnow

[lsuflyfishing]

Here's a step by step (sort of) for the minnow i tied.

Attach thread and tie in rabbit strip. Add weight before the rabbit if you want it.
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/LSUFlyFishing/Flies/Glo%20Egg%20Minnow%20Fly/P7110105.jpg

Tie in chenille and palmer it. Then tie in a hackle.
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/LSUFlyFishing/Flies/Glo%20Egg%20Minnow%20Fly/P7110106.jpg

Palmer hackle and secure it to the shank. Then pull the rabbit over and tie it down
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/LSUFlyFishing/Flies/Glo%20Egg%20Minnow%20Fly/P7110107.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/LSUFlyFishing/Flies/Glo%20Egg%20Minnow%20Fly/P7110108.jpg

Stack/spin egg yarn. I just spread the yarn into a cylinder, push the hook eye through the center and wrap it with a couple turns of thread. I also switched to GSP to do this. Tie off thread after done stacking. This is 3 separate clumps of egg yarn for the head.
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/LSUFlyFishing/Flies/Glo%20Egg%20Minnow%20Fly/P7110110.jpg

Trim head with scissors. I like to do short on the bottom and sides, and a little taller on the top. Then i use markers to color the head. The bottom color is blue that i blended with my fingers. then the markings are made with black. It matched the rabbit strip...
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/LSUFlyFishing/Flies/Glo%20Egg%20Minnow%20Fly/P7110111.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/LSUFlyFishing/Flies/Glo%20Egg%20Minnow%20Fly/P7110112.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/LSUFlyFishing/Flies/Glo%20Egg%20Minnow%20Fly/P7110113.jpg

[lsuflyfishing]

Last comes the doll eyes secured with super glue.
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/LSUFlyFishing/Flies/Glo%20Egg%20Minnow%20Fly/P7110114.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/LSUFlyFishing/Flies/Glo%20Egg%20Minnow%20Fly/P7110115.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/LSUFlyFishing/Flies/Glo%20Egg%20Minnow%20Fly/P7110116.jpg
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo281/LSUFlyFishing/Flies/Glo%20Egg%20Minnow%20Fly/P7110117.jpg

Enjoy. Should work. Never tried it.

[Musicdoc]

Good looking fly!

[TidewateR]

Looks deadly! Nice work as usual

[TidewateR]

We did great with this fly. In addition to having great action, it suspends and sits level. I bet it would be a killer for big specks...if you're into that kind if thing.
http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss350/Ber2ch/Teal%20Season%202011/DSC_0891.jpg

[yak-aholic]

Really good looking fly. Thanks for the step by step.

[snake doctor]

+ 1. Looks like a winner.

[Catch]

Thanks for sharing.

Specks like any color as long as it's chartreuse.

[IFishInMySleep]

Very Nice! Looking forward to giving it a try myself. Thanks for sharing, Great Pictures!

[lsuflyfishing]

Ifishinmysleep,

I just saw your reply. Thanks. I use this set-up when i take fly pictures. http://flyartstudio.com/wordpress/?p=187 The guy goes through each aspect of the normal point and shoot camera and explains what each means. I use a piece of black foam for the background and a small tripod the snap the pictures. one thing that helped out alot for me was setting the timer on the camera to take the shot instead of me pressing the button. In the macro modes, any slight movement results in blurry photos.

LSUFF