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Mount the hook in the vise and add lead wire as shown. Secure the lead wire in place with tying thread.
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Take approximately 8 - 12 fibers of Krystal Flash and fold them around the thread in their center as shown.
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Pull the Krystal Flash tight and slide it down the thread to the hook. Secure it in place with your fly tying thread. The Krystal Flash is now tied directly on top of the hook shank.
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Whip finish and trim off your thread. Cut out a rectangular piece of Gummi Body that is the desired length of the fly and approximately twice as wide. Fold the Gummi Body material in half lengthwise.
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Take the paper backing off of the inside of the folded Gummi Body and press it over the Krystal Flash as shown. Mounting the Gummi Body on the hook at a slight upward angle.
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With the exterior paper still on the Gummi Body trim the fly to the desired baitfish shape. Do not trim the ends of the Krystal Flash at this time they will become the tail of the fly.
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Gently remove the paper from the Gummi body on the near side of the hook. Touch the sticky body as little as possible. Leave the paper on the back side of the hook.
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Now take a Hologram Dome Eye and position it on near side of the fly as shown.
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Take the Gummi Flash Foil and press the dull side of the foil onto the sticky surface of the fly.
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Continue to press the dull side of the foil to the sticky surface of the Gummi Body until its tackiness is gone.
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Gently and slowly remove the paper from the Gummi Body on the near side of the fly.
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Reposition the fly in the vise and gently remove the remaining paper from the fly.
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Add a hologram eye to the fly as you did in a previous step and apply the foil to the adhesive body.
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Peel away the foil transfer from the fly. The pattern on the foil will be transferred to the sticky body of the fly.
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Trim the Krystal Flash tail as shown.
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Permanent marking pens can be used to color the fly as desired.
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The finished fly.
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