Jack Montague

Sand eel / Jack Montague
Sand Eel
Hook - 1 to 2/0  Mustaad 34007
Thread- uni-thread 3/0 white
Tail - small dia. braided mylar tubing with hackle tip
Wing - fishhair (krinkle) 3 x hook length
Body - epoxy squeezed vertical at wing transition
Eyes - prismatic self stick under epoxy
Fiddler / Jack Montague
Fiddler Crab
Hook - 1 to 2/0  Mustaad 34007
Thread- uni-thread 3/0 brown or black
Body - crosscut of light brown turkey quill (tip end)
           1on top,1on bottom (sandwich hook shank)
Legs - tuft of brown calftail each side
Eyes - 20 lb mono (melted ends)
           finish with epoxy over both feathercuts and kiptail hairs
           (thinner epoxy layer on bottom)
Squid / Jack Montague
Squid
Hook - 1 to 2/0  Mustaad 34007
Thread- uni-thread 3/0 white
Tail - white marabou with small amount of chartreuse on top
         with 15 strands of pearl krystalflash (evenly distributed)
Eyes - stainless or plated lead eyes with enamel pupil
Body - mono loop tied in at top / rear, feed  over eyes,
           then under and around hook eye, back to top / rear
           fill with epoxy.

MATT HOOVER    STEVE BAILEY    JACK MONTAGUE
MARC FORREST    CHUCK MAXWELL     ALEX MEHL

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