Native Flies List

The Silli Minnow is a flyfisher’s version of the tube jig. The tube jig was created in 1964 by the legendary Bobby Garland and is one of the most effective crappie lures of all time. At a flyfishing show in North Carolina in 1999, Catch watched a tier demonstrate a “Gitzit Fly” named after the original tube jig, using regular chenille and spinnerbait skirt material for the tail. The Silli Minnow improves on that concept, using a flashy chenille body and thin silicone skirts known as “Sili Legs”. It can be tied on a jighead (see notes below), or on a 60 degree jig hook with a tungsten beadhead. Catch says the Silli Minnow is the best crappie fly he has ever fished, period!

Hook: Any of the following
• Jighead 1/80 oz., size 8 hook, black finish
• Jighead 1/64 oz, size 8 hook, black finish
• Daiichi 4647 std length, 1x heavy, black finish + 5/32″ tungsten bead
Body: Krystal Flash Chenille Medium
Tail: Sili Legs (6 strands)

Other items of use: Hackle Pliers or Electrical Test Clip, Superglue or UV epoxy, bodkin or pin needle, aluminum foil

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Favorite colors (body/tail):
– olive/chartreuse silverflake
– peacock/chartreuse silverflake
– steelie blue/pearl clear silverflake
– bonefish pink/sand orange flake