Minnow Recipe for Redfin Shiner Breeding Male

Redfin Shiner Breeding Male
Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Lythrurus umbratilis

Maximum Size: 3
Shape: Deeply compressed
Suggested Hook & Size: Mustad 33909 #2 - #14
Thread: Light Blue, 8/0 Uni-thread

Tail: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite
Tail Fin: Black with Red tip (markers)
Body: Silver Bodi-Braid
Eye & Insert: Silver Spirit River, Real Eye
with Priz Silver 3-D Molded insert
Lower Side: Pearl Blue Hanked Lite-Brite with Black Prismacolor Pen chevron marks
Upper Side: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite with chevron marks (marker)

Snout Color or Change Thread: Light Blue
Belly or Stomach: Pearl Blue Hanked Lite-Brite with Black Prismacolor Pen chevron marks
Dorsum or Back: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite then Minnow Blue Hanked Lite-Brite sparsely over. Black chevron marks on dorsum.

Head Color: Light Blue
Cheek & Chin Color: Pearl Blue
Pectoral Fins: Black with red tip
Anal Fin: Black with red tip
Pelvic Fin: Black with red tip
Dorsal Fin: Black with red tip

Colored Markers: Black Prismacolor Pen for chevron marks on upper and lower sides, belly, dorsum, and basally on all fins: Red Prismacolor Pen for tips of fins

Tying Notes: a Dorsal Fin can be tied in just behind the eyes, then glued stiff, then trimmed to correct height and colored red on the tip and Black at the base if desired.