RJ Shad

A buddy of mine recently needed a shad pattern for bass fishing in Georgia. The colors that match the shad down there are a bit different from what I would imagine, but he insisted that it needed to be blue, white, and purple with red eyes. Whatever colors are fine with me as long as it catches fish, and that it does. I shipped him a small order of this pattern and he loves it.

Materials: Synthetic Fibers, Flashabou, Dubbing, Plastic eyes, Hot glue.
Tools: Vise, Scissors, Bobbin, Hot glue gun.
Hook: For bass and other big fish, I prefer saltwater hooks, but if fished for trout any streamer hook should work fine.

***(The colors on the back can be changed to match the color of baitfish in different areas)***

Step 1: Tie in flashabou in the tail

Step 2: Wrap the hook shank in the same colored dubbing as the flashabou in the tail.

Step 3: Tie in the darker colored synthetic fibers on the top and the lighter colored fibers on the bottom.

Step 4: Fold the ends back over.

Step 5: Tie in Dubbing of the same color to the top of the fly.

Step 6: Apply hot glue to the front of the fly and move the materials to match the shape that is wanted.

Step 7: Glue on plastic eyes to each side of the front of the flies.

Finished batch