Electric Seaducer Fly

I wanted to share a little fly that has worked very well for me over the last few months.  Normally we throw weighted flies at our redfish since they spend a lot of their time searching for food crawling along the bottom.  Although the sinking flies work well most of the time, one of the down sides to using one is that they make a pretty noticeable landing which can spook a weary redfish.  After dealing with some spooky reds this winter, I had a bit of luck tossing an old school seaducer fly at them.  The fly is easy to cast, lands very softly, and pushes a good bit of water as it moves.  After that trip, I spent a little time modifying the seaducer style fly to make it a little more noticeable for the redfish.  This is what I came up with...


Hook:  Gamakatsu SC15 1/0
Tail:  4 Chartreuse Grizzly Saddle Hackles
Body:  Rootbeer Palmer Chenille
Weedguard:  25lb Hard Mono
Eyes:  Clear Cure Eyes
Head:  Clear Cure Goo Thin
Optional:  Glass Rattle

Place your hook in the vise and wrap the shank with thread.

 

 



This is optional, but I like to tie in some material at the bend of the hook to help splay out the saddle hackles.  For this fly, I tied in a small piece of Rootbear Estaz for this purpose.

Tie in two saddle hackles on each side of the hook right above the Estaz.  Tie them tight up against the estaz to help splay them out to the sides a little.

Cut off about 6-8" of Palmer Chenille and tie it right in front of the saddle hackles.  Begin palmering the Chenille foward and push the fibers back as you palmer it.

When you get to the eye of the hook, tie the palmer chenille down and clip off any excess.  Push all of the chenille back as you continue to wrap and form a thread head for the fly.

Take a piece of 25lb Hard Mono and bend it in half and tie it in as a weed guard.  Clip the mono guard so that it extends just past the point of the hook.

Eyes are optional but I like to stick on a pair of Clear Cure Eyes.  I use Clear Cure Goo Thin and cover the threads and the eyes to form a head to the fly.

 

 

Here's a look at the completed fly.  As another option, you can also tie a glass rattle to the shank of the hook and seal it in with a little Clear Cure Goo.