War Paint Minnow

War Paint Minnow

Fly Materials

Wing Olive green - black flecks.
Body Clear/silver with red for gill cover.

Tying Instructions

Instructions

The tail and
dorsal fin was colored with Sharpie black and red markers.  The head is
Sharpie red.  All the materials are Clearwater Dressing.




 




This minnow grows
to 5-1/2 inches and are found in the upper Tennessee River drainage, western
Virginia, western North Carolina, northern Georgia, and northern Alabama. 
The breeding male has pink sides and a red snout from mid-April to
mid-June.  Fish the gravel and rubble riffles, and adjacent pools of clear
fast creeks and small to medium sized rivers.  




 




I tie my minnows
1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches long using size 4 hooks down to size 10. 





Here are a couple
other



minnows I haven't named.



 






Clear/silver with red for gill cover.

 
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