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Spider Grub

 
tied by day5
Fly Type: Streamers,
Target Species: Freshwater Bass,
Recommended Region: Central US,
Material List: Magnum Zonker for the tail
Reg Zonker for the body and rabbit fur spun in a loop.
crazy legs for the skirt
bead
1/0 hook of choice

Tying Instructions: place bead and add 15 wraps of .25 lead or led sub wire. Then push it under the bead and add tie it all down. wrap thread to the bend and tie in a shank long piece of magnum zonker. Make a dubbing loop and add in 2.5 inchs of rabbit fur. wrap half the shanke with the looped fur. Tie in a zonker. leaving it hanging. take a piece of crazy legs and cut it in half. tie in the solid side of the legs and wrap it a s you tie it in. Now wrap the hanging zonker forward and tie it off. cut some fur off and make a thick dubbin collar behind the skirt. pass thread through the skirt to the bead. use a piece of wire to hold the skirt back and whip. remove wire.
Presentation Tips: Swim it over weeds. Hop or drag it on the bottom. Under a float.

Note the skirt floats.