The Fink fly is a blatant rip off of one of my favorite ice fishing jigs, the “Ratfinkee”. Bryan’s son, Finn, grew up using it and has taken fishing the Ratfinkee to new heights catching every type of fish he can find minus a pike. The fly version here has been a great winter pattern for whitefish and trout. As with the original, you can vary the color. Pink has been the best for us, but green, orange, black, and all white have their moments.
Hook: 60 degree jig hook size 12
Thread: 210 Ultra fl. Pink
Underbody: silver tinsel
Body: Flashabou Glow Pink
Coating: Solarez Thin Hard
Bead: Tungsten 1/8 Glow
1. Slip the bead on and add 5-7 wraps of lead or other weight. Push lead tightly into the bead
2. Tie in thread behind lead and wrap back to hook bend. Tie in flashabou and tinsel. Wrap a smooth thread base with a slight taper.
3. Wrap silver tinsel forward to the head.
4. Wrap flashabou forward to the head. Tie off and whip finish leaving a thread collar.
5. Coat fly with Solarez or other UV resin. Use a UV light to set the resin.
6. Go catch fish!
