Swimmin’ Jimmy REAR HOOK: #6 2X short scud or egg hook. TAIL: Two palmered white marabou feathers and one olive feather tied in as a clump on the far side of the hook. FRONT HOOK: #1/0 bass bug (Tiemco 8089 (silver)), Mustad C52S, or equivalent). Bend the hook inward/downward at a 30-degree angle about midway along the shank. CONNECTION: 17-pound American wire or .015” nylon monofilament, looped through rear hook eye, tied onto the bend of the front hook so it angles downward at about 30 degrees. Three red glass beads over the wire connection loop. SKIRT: Pearl holographic Flashabou tied as a tail on the front hook. FRONT BODY: Two or three white marabou plumes (palmered) and one olive marabou plume tied in on the far side of the hook shank. These materials should be tied in forward of the 30-degree bend. SIDE STRIPES: (Top and bottom of the hook shank) shellfish pink marabou. HEAD: Olive and white deer hair stacked on the near and far sides of the hook shank. Clip the hair flat on the bottom and rounded on top for the best swimming action. The hook protrudes from the side of the fly, not the bottom, which causes the erratic swimming motion. Smallmouth love the Swimmin’ Jimmy as much as trout do.

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Kelly Galloup is the former owner of the Troutsman fly shop in Traverse City, Michigan, and now owns and operates the Slide Inn on Montana's Madison River with his wife, Penny.

 

 

This article originally appeared in the May 2007 issue of Fly Fisherman. For more fly-tying how-to from Kelly Galloup, see "Spinner Cripples."

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