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ASB Smacker
ASB Smacker is a jig nymph from Cheech that brings anti-static bag, a body material popular with stillwater anglers, onto rivers. The strip adds flash to the body without being overbearing. Spanish Coq de Leon forms the tail, March Brown wire ribs the body, and thin UV resin seals the fly. The pattern can be tied in various color combinations and fished on a Euro rig. Tied here on a size 16 hook.
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Materials
Fulling Mill Slotted Tungsten Beads, metallic light pink, 2.8mm (or silver nickel)
Metallic Light Pink · 2.8mm
Spanish Coq De Leon - Pardo
Anti Static Bag Buzzer Material (Dual Luster)
Uni POSCA Paint Marker, black, for the bead
Black
Solarez UV Cure Resin - Thin Hard 1/2 oz
How to Tie the ASB Smacker
- 1
Step 1
Slide the pink bead onto the jig hook, seat it behind the eye, and mount the hook in the vise.
- 2
Step 2
Start the red thread behind the bead and wrap a thread base back to the bend. Trim the tag end.
- 3
Step 3
Tie in a small bunch of Coq de Leon fibers at the bend for the tail. Bind the butts along the shank and trim any excess.
- 4
Step 4
Tie in the March Brown wire at the bend.
- 5
Step 5
Tie in a strip of anti-static bag material at the bend, then bring the thread forward to just behind the bead.
- 6
Step 6
Wrap the strip forward up the shank to form the body. Tie it off behind the bead and trim the excess.
- 7
Step 7
Spiral the wire forward over the body in open turns. Tie it off and trim it.
- 8
Step 8
Leave a band of red thread behind the bead, whip finish, and trim the thread.
- 9
Step 9
Use the black paint marker to color a patch on the side of the bead opposite the hook point, leaving the rest of the bead pink.
- 10
Step 10
Coat the body and the painted part of the bead with thin UV resin and cure it with a UV light.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxhWtGZNsMA
Credit: Cheech / Fly Fish Food