If you’re trying to find a fantastic winter season midget pattern with wonderful powers, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions has actually got one for you. His Toxin Tung is a variation on Charlie Craven’s Deep Blue Poison Tung Flagler’s variation is a bit smaller sized and provides more contrast in between the white body and rib, however both patterns are based upon the magical, fish-attracting power of the color blue.
At the end of his video, Flagler discusses how to fish the Toxin Tung as the bottom fly on a tandem rig, a method that ever fly-fisher must recognize with. So twist up a few of these on small hooks, and after that make bigger, more nymph-live variations that include some weight. The mix ought to be very efficient.
Toxin Tung
Hook: 2X-short emerger hook (here, a Dai-Riki # 125), size 22.
Bead: Silver Gray Killer Caddis glass bead, midget size.
Thread: White, 70-denier or 8/0.
Rib: Weapon Metal Blue Ultra Wire, size X-SM.
Body: Connecting thread.
Thorax: Light gray SLF Prism Dubbing.
Tools: Plunger-style hackle pliers.
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