Tom Nixon Memorial Fly Swap


Calcasieu Pigboat: Midnight Special Variation




Originator: Tom Nixon

Hook: Bass hook
Tail: Black rabbit strip
Body: Black ice chenille or Estaz
Head: Chrome conehead bead
Collar: Black with blue metalflake silicone fibers from bass spinnerbait skirt

The chrome conehead is added to the hook and secured in place winding thread behind it. Then the black rabbit strip tail is tied in at the bend of the hook. The fibers from the silicone spiiner bait skirt are tied in right behind the conehead. The body is built up right behind the silicone bass skirt fibers and wound to the bend of the hook and tied off.

Tyer: Carl Smitheran, Council Grove, KS
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