Peanut Butter Fly

[Phil Lilley]

Peanut Butter Fly

Hook: Saltwater hook 3/0

Thread: .006 Monofilament

Wing; E-P Fiber (minnow color for the belly and shad gray for the top)

Gill: SLF Hank ( crimson red )

Eyes: Solid plastic eyes

TYING INSTRUCTIONS

Mono is a little harder to get secure around the hook shank. It tends to slip a lot easier so when you tie it in. Make sure you hold the tag end until you wrap enough turns to secure it. Once you get that done tie your thread almost to the bend. Go ahead and tie a little piece of slf for the gill. Cut the back

Ok, what I am trying to show you in these pictures is how to put flash in the material. Just spread out two clumps on your leg and sandwich the flash in-between the E.P fiber.

The mono should be right in front of the gill. Tie in the gray fiber on the top of the shank. Make sure you tie in the center of the fiber.

Rotate to the underside and repeat the same step with the minnow color.

If you notice in the picture they are still separated in the middle, you can only fold one over at a time when tying them in. When you fold them over you will need to tie in front of the material. Don’t tie on top of the material or you will not get the flare. It will be smashed down and won’t look right.

If you notice that I do the bottom first. It really doesn’t matter what side you do first just as long as you don’t do them at the same time.

Now do the top the same way and now your thread should me right in front of the fiber now. Now we are going to repeat the same process three more times. Just move the thread up about a ¼ inch up the shank and do the same step again.

Note: One thing I try to do when measuring how much material you will need to use and how to proportion the fly correctly. Don’t go to heavy on the material or you will notice it. Another to remember when tying this fly is once you do the first step with tying the material in you are going to do the underside with only short pieces. The top will still need to be longer though and you will need to keep the tapered ness to the profile of the fly to. When tying the top sections make sure they’re getting shorter and not staying as long as the first piece you tied in.

The last section you put on at the front is going to be the only thing different. When tying this on, make sure you are right at the eye of the hook. Once you have done the step with pulling the back and tying in font of them you are going to tie on the top of the material just making a nice head of mono. Look at pictures 16-18 to see what I am talking about.

Whip finish the fly off and put some gloss coat on the mono.

I’m sure you can see that the fly is not looking good. What you will need to do is cut it to shape. Just look at the pictures to see how it is cut to shape. Once you cut it you can also brush the hair to blend in the material.

You can see the eyes glued in, but just use some marine goop and glue them in.

I also put in a small dot on each side with a prisma color marker.