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1 – This pattern will be for
a small (3-4 inch sand eel). Debarb and sharpen the hook. Bend the
hook bendback style but with three eighths of an inch of shaft left
by the eye. Slide on the cone (small) and tungsten bead (small –
Orvis). You may have to open the gap slightly to slide them on,
then close it up. Note – for a larger version use a half inch
of shaft by the eye and use a cone only (Orvis – tungsten medium
size). See Step 1.
Step 1
2 – Tie in a small amount of silver
angel hair at the bend on top of the shank. Keep the wraps confined
just to that area and build up enough thread so it stops the bead
from sliding over it. Whip finish and add a touch of head cement.
See Step 2.
Step 2
3 – Making sure the bead/cone
are slid back against the mono/flash build up a head in front of
the cone so it takes on the profile of a sand eel. Position the
thread by the eye. See Step 3
Step 3
4 – Rotate the hook so the point
is down. Cut a length of white FisHair about 5 inches long. Pull
the ends to give it a feathered look, then attach it in the middle
of the FisHair at the eye of the hook. Split it so half goes on
one side of the shank and half on the other. Wrap the mono part
way up the cone, then return the wrap to the eye. Remember to keep
it sparse. This provides a belly on each side of the pattern. See
Step 4.
Step 4
5 – Rotate the hook so the point is
up. Take a full length of silver Angel Hair fold it over the mono
and tie it in on one side just above the white belly FisHair. Repeat
this for the other side. Keep it sparse. Wrap the mono over both
part way up the cone, then return the mono to the eye. See Step
5.
Step 5
6 – Cut a length of olive FisHair
(keep it sparse), fold it over the mono, and tie it in on top of
the pattern above the silver Angel Hair. You now should have coverage
around all of the hook(except the very bottom). Start to wrap the
mono up and over the cone until you’re almost all the way up
the cone. Stop here and using a bodkin apply a size 2 stick on eye
to each side high on the head. See Step 6.
Step 6
7 – Continue to wrap up over the mylar eyes but be careful
of wrapping too far. You’ll want to wrap jus far enough to
cover the eyes and compress the material into a sand eel profile.
Return the mono to the eye and whip finish. See Step 7 and Step
8.
Step 7
Step 8
Lastly, apply a light coat of epoxy
that covers and protects all the wraps over the head. Since the
mono is clear, it will seem to disappear providing a realistic rendering
of a sand eel’s head and body profile. See Step 9 and Step
10.
Step 9
Step 10
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