Smith & Walser's Perfection Minnow


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This pattern has produced time after time, in even the toughest situations. We we have found it to be effective for anything that eats bait fish. From bass, stripers, trout & blugill, to snook, redfish, small tarpon, and anything in between. It is one of our most versitale patterns. Really play around with color combinations, to match the bait fish you are trying to mimic.

We hope you all tie a few of these patterns and use them hard... They are extreamly weed lees and will go through the thickest structure you can put it in, without picking up anything but fish...

Steve & Tim

Hook: TMC 300, sizes 4-10, Inverted and Bent 1/8" from hook so the hook eye is level with the hook point.

Thread: 6/0 light gray

Body: Two pieces .028 non-tox wire tied on top of the hook to invert. One, Seven to eight inch piece of silver tinsel wrappd over wire and expoy, or you can also use mylar tubing placed over the lead wire. (Remember, You have the hook inverted at this point) White bucktail tied on the bottom of the hook. Then tie in Gray, and black bucktail on the top of the hook. Tying in slightly more with each color change to make hook ride inverted

Fins: Two neck feathers from a Teal duck lacquered and tied on either side of the shank to make the aperance of pectoral fins. * Very Important Step!!!

Head: Pearl E-Z shape on the bottom of the head, with black on the top. Make eyes with E-Z shape, with white for background and black for a pupal. * Very Important Step!!!