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The Golden Nugget Is a Modern Medium-Size Baitfish Imitation
The Golden Nugget is easy to tie and highly effective on the water! Using the Fish-Skull Baitfish Head to help with swimming action, profile, and depth, this versatile streamer fly pattern can be fished for most freshwater and saltwater applications.
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Fly Recipe
- Hook: Kona Universal Strong Streamer (USS) hook, size #2
- Tail: Rabbit Strip
- Underbody: Ice Wing Fiber
- Wing/Body: Laser Dub
- Body/Belly: Fly Fish Food Bruiser Blend
- Head: Fish-Skull Baitfish Head, small-medium
- Eyes: Fish-Skull Living Eyes, 4 mm
Want to Tie a Tough-As-Nails Steelhead Pattern?
The Flymen Sili-Leg Intruder is a completely synthetic Steelhead Intruder tied on the Fish-Skull Senyo's Articulated Shank for Steelhead and Salmon Flies.
Intruder-style flies are designed to trigger aggressive strikes from steelhead by "intruding" on their territory and provoking an attack.
The movement of the bulletproof sili-leg skirt coupled with the the Kona Big Game Hunter stinger hook gives you an incredibly durable and deadly Intruder pattern.
Vote on Your Favorite Fly for a Chance to Win Prizes From Some of Your Favorite Brands
12 Prizes = 12 Chances For You To Win!
Over the last 4 weeks, fly tyers around the world submitted flies to the #MicroSpineFlyTyingContest which we put on with some of your favorite brands to challenge fly tyers to push the limits of fly tying.
The Flymen team chose a winner each week, and now it's up to YOU to decide the final grand prize winners and have the chance to win the same 12 prizes that the finalists will win, PLUS a Redington Fly Rod! If you vote, you will be entered into a drawing to win the following prizes.
Add This Craw Pattern to Your Fly Arsenal
The Flymen Fish-Skull Craw is a realistic, yet easy to tie crawfish pattern. The Fish-Skull Shrimp & Cray tail sends this fly straight to the bottom with an enticing swimming motion. The Flymen Fish-Skull Craw dominates warm and coldwater species!
Learn to tie the Flymen Fish-Skull Craw today!
Fly Recipe
- Hook: Kona Universal Strong Streamer Hook, size 1/0
- Tail: Fish-Skull Shrimp & Cray Tail
- Antennae: Fish-Skull Faux Bucktail
- Head: Grizzly Saddle Hackle
- Flash: Senyo's Fusion Dub
- Eyes: Mono Eyes
- Claws: Rabbit Strip
- Body: Rabbit Strip
- Skirt: Sili-Legs