Baby Dorado Fly Tying Tutorial

Category: Saltwater Offshore Baitfish Pattern Fly Name: Baby Dorado Difficulty: Advance YouTube Description: The Baby Dorado is a juvenile version of the Mahi Mahi baitfish that thrives in the temperate, tropical and sub tropical waters world wide it’s a sought-after prey fish for many predatory fish, especially Tuna and Marlin in open water These patterns range from sizes 10/0 to 2/0 on saltwater hooks. The same pattern is also tied in freshwater versions to mimic different baitfish, parrs and smolts on sizes 2/0 to size 8. For this fly I prefer a short shank, wide gap and heavy wire hook. That type of hook acts as a keel to keep the fly upright so it swims naturally. Baby Dorado Recipe Hook: Mustad Saltwater Hook size 10/0 Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk 3/0, 6/0 and 12/0. Wing: White Super Hair Yellow and Black Black Olive Synthetic Fibers White and Black Icelandic Sheep Lime Green Synthetic Fibres Long Strands of Peacock Herl Green Big Fish Fibres Light and Dark Olive Flashabou Orange Flashabou Green Crystal Flash Side Wing: 2 Dyed Olive Grizzly Saddle Hackles Lateral Line: Dozen Strands of Pearlescent Flashabou Throat: Red Polar Fiber Body: Polar Fiber Streamer Brush, MFC Sparkle Minnow Brush, Green Ice Dub Eyes: 6mm 3-D Eyes Gold Head: Black Thread. Adhesive: 5 Minute Epoxy for the Collar and the Head. Note: The diameter of each section of the wing for the synthetic material is about half the thickness of a pencil, taper scissors were used to thin out the ends of a all the synthetic fibers. The eyes are mounted on 85 lb test monofilament secured to buttons that are the same diameter with epoxy. Chapter Times 0:00 Intro 0:17 Eyes 0:50 Tail 3:45 Body 5:48 Middle Wing 8:42 Collar 9:40 Main Wing Prep. 12:38 Outro