Use This Fly When the Fish Won't Eat - Micro Minnow - Fly Tying Tutorial

In this fly tying tutorial, Cheech ties the Micro Minnow. This streamer/baitfish pattern has worked for us all in several different bodies of water. It has done really well when the fish are being super picky and only want tiny baitfish.
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[@williammclauchlan2610]

So simple but looks absolutely deadly!!this looks like the only fly you would ever need for fry feeders,thanks for sharing.

[@tbsomerville5798]

I tie one very similar w an olive back to simulate Great Lakes Emerald Shiners.. I will be investing in some of those hooks though. Great simple little tie 👍🏻

[@garyweglarz]

Nice straightforward tie that looks great. Thanks.

[@richarde1355]

Love the look of that Mother of Pearl Ice Dub! And good ol’ white bucktail - there is no substitute. 😉
Love the simplicity of this fly, and it looks like one fish will want to eat.

[@mickeyweeks2275]

Well the eye trick works really well until you get cocky 😂. Awesome fly, great video. Thanks Cheech!

[@alexsuarez7583]

Sweet lookin’ fly, Cheech! You’re one of the best! 👊🏽

[@edwardmlotkiewicz2343]

Nice,straightforward tie. A real guide fly. Enjoyed seeing your technique for tying this fly and.... really like the Fidel look you're sporting. Thanks for the great video.

[@NickAndCaroline]

I like it! I learned that little trick with the dubbing just now, looks good! Nice translucent veil effect 😎👍

[@davescheer5038]

About 34 yrs ago a local salt legend introduced me to saltwater fly fishing his name was Carl Hanson, one of his patterns was a simple inverted hook with wrapped body of tinfoil and the body then wrapped in light mono with white buck tail , it was called the crystal minnow , it was so simple but so effective, but this pattern adds the flash and extra weight of the epoxy head to make it look more real , and after all that’s our job as a fisherman to deceive the fish into thinking it’s the real thing , ya I’ll be tying a hand full of these to add to my arsenal 👍🏼. Well done !

[@calebbailey7730]

Wow! I've tied a similar fly for several years, call it the "guide fly" same basic profile, I use bucktail and a ep minnow head brush, can tie lots in a hurry and I always pull it out when nothing else is working! That's too cool you guys did this!

[@justinmcquaide4862]

Class looking fly definitely will try this out !!!

[@brianfeeney9493]

Still sporting that “ CASTRO - LOOK “ Cheech!
Thanks for the Pattern
✨🎣💫

[@fishduckdog]

Great pattern. I will tie some up and try them. Thanks for sharing.

[@wvlongshooter3912]

Great tie!!! I bet it would work just fine without eyes. Going to tie this fly. Thanks!!

[@hankvana2149]

Been fishing "fry-flies" like this for decades. From practical experience, the eyes are very important on these translucent little streamers - the predators seem to target them. Before uv resins, the eyes were difficult to glue on - always noticed that the flies with the eyes out fished the ones without by a large margin.

[@OldVetUSN72]

I’ve been tying a very similar fly for quite a while. I put a little throat of hot pink Fluoro Fiber on mine. Works really well in the lakes I fish on big bows n browns.

[@carlosdegroot6966]

never underestimate the Micro ,great eyes ,nice tye

[@nicolelewis1828]

Look at you all coiffed! Lookin' great Cheech! Thanks for the video! Love you and your team! I don't run anywhere either! LOL!

[@musioramirez1985]

Si son muy efectivos

[@octaviocampossalles2138]

Where I live sometimes the bonito feeds on tiny baitfish and they won’t eat anything except the smallest and slimmest fly. This might work, will give it a try.

[@mikepetti]

Sweet

[@setraksetrak2037]

¡Hola! En el limay sup fin de temporada, un dia nublado anduvo muuuuy bien

[@mikekuczynski1552]

Nice

[@maxd161990]

I put the dubbing first instead off the flash for a tail and wrap it in bucktail. Try it.

[@abeltripoi4974]

Hermoso minnow, voy a probar para imitar los puyenes de los lagos donde pesco.

[@FlyFishFood]

Claro. Funciona muy muy bien como puyen

[@tarbald2616]

Nice fly! You know a alternative dubbing for the ripple ice dub? Best regards & tight lines from germany!

[@fredmurray6190]

Like it..

[@theodorerzepski8491]

With a little tweaking this could be a bay anchovy imitation for false albacore in New England. Thanks

[@MordDorr]

Where do you get your jig head

[@johndriscoll9769]

Good beach snook fly

[@TheH2ghostAdventures]

What brand and model of vice is that? Looks great and I need to upgrade.

[@bigworm6442]

That’s the Limited Edition Renzetti Master in purple. Also comes in blue. It’s on their site.

[@louied6065]

DP42 on the tag. Beeotch

[@bretthumphries7911]

Cheech's Micro Meenow has a good ring to it? Tight lines

[@anablakp3200]

Pat's Micro Minnow tolls like a Cathedral church bell.

[@robertfrancisco1193]

can you just build up front with thred and paint eyes? thinking maybe last longer, what do you say. thx

[@FlyFishFood]

These eyes will never fall off

[@robertfrancisco1193]

@@FlyFishFood thanks!

[@patches152]

Looks like a saltwater fly for fishing the surf

[@roberthoffhines5419]

great idea! should be a day-saver for smallies. "torture" yeah, i prefer "torment".

[@hankvana2149]

Been using something similar for smallies for decades - they love them!

[@bobfowler9522]

Hook and size?

[@jakeroth3879]

The baby fat minnow kicks so much ass it’s not funny for a quick tie. Like this pattern, quick and easy.

[@lonewizzard8456]

Another Gartside pattern from 30 years ago.

[@CNScale]

Should have called it the fly fry

[@mikewasniewski4048]

3:34 Kanye?

[@Taylor_in_Southern_Oregon]

"micro minnow"? Oh please. It's a clauser.

[@FlyFishFood]

Step one - Learn to spell Clouser
Step two - Google Clouser Minnow so you can see what it actually looks like.