Slinky Dinks

[Frank Swarner]

Rear Hook: Blackbird Sabretooth size 4 shown (TMC 104 size 4 is about the same)
Tail: pheasant tail fibers
body: plain ole' dubbing
Hackle: Ringneck rump hackle - make sure you get a turn or two of the fuzzy stuff too.

Front shank: 1 1/6" X 3/4" cotter pin
Ribbing: Flat tinsel medium
Body: plain ole' dubbing to match rear hook
Hackle: Ringneck Rump hackle - make sure you get a turn or two of the fuzzy stuff too.
Touch of hackle fibers: LA tail - about 3-5 fibers tied in at 12o'clock, 3, 6, and 9o'clock.

Rear hook is attached with Beadalon 7 strand wire (.018 = 20lb) small craft beads are added to the wire as well

[Frank Swarner]

I did very well swinging these flies last week. Nothing on the olive one yet but the lower two accounted for 9 tugs in two days. The brown and orange did the most damage.