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How To Tie: The Shark Bait Fly

Difficulty: intermediate

59% difficulty

Time: 15-20 minutes

75% timely

Cost: average

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Imitates: ambiguous/something tasty

Target species: sharks

Where to fish: flats, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways, bluewater/offshore, surf

Notes: You can tie this fly smaller (1/0 or 2/0) and use less deer hair to make it more of a slider for the small sharks that roam the flats. Don't use any glue!

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Shark Bait Fly Materials Kit
Blood Red #5/0
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About the fly:

The Shark Bait fly is a half a chicken on a hook, it has the size and and movement needed to entice the ocean’s top predators into rolling back their eyes and taking an easy bite. For whatever reason – looks like blood or it’s just highly visible – red and orange are classic effective shark fly colors.

The buoyant deer hair makes this fly float. It was designed to sit on top of the water, literally sit no stripping, and allow the current to do all the real work: subtly moving the hackle while bringing sharks into your chum slick.

Capt. Scott Hamilton brought this fly into the limelight by effectively using it for Spinner Sharks in Palm Beach.

Helpful tools/additional materials:

For compressing deer hair:
For trimming deer hair:
For lining up the deer hair tips:

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Imitates: ambiguous/something tasty

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