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Articulated Trout Slider
Articulated Trout Slider, Rusty Brown
Tying Instructions
1. Secure the size 4 Stinger Hook (Gamakatsu B10S) to the vise. Attach the thread behind the eye and wrap a thread layer to the shank ending at the bend.
2. Secure a set of Fiery Brown marabou fibers, with the tips fairly even, to the shank just at the bend. The length of the marabou should be about 1.5 times the shank length.
3. Clip another set of Wine marabou just above the first set of Fiery Brown Marabou keeping the tips even. Secure the tag ends of the marabou onto the shank with thread wraps.
4. Wrap the thread back to the tail tie-in position and create a dubbing loop with the thread. Remember to wrap the thread around the loop nearest the shank to bring the loop into a tent shape. If you are using unwaxed thread, a little wax will help stabilize the inserted dubbing. The loop is opened by using a dubbing loop tool.
5. Pull out a some strands of Rusty Brown Ice dubbing from the package. Trimming the corner of the package assists in getting just the right amount.
6.Place the ice dubbing into the loop. The wax should hold the material in place. The strands should be perpendicular to the loop. As you close the loop, you can distribute the fibers uniformly.
7. Once the loop is closed and the strands are uniform, spin the loop with the dubbing loop tool. Use a velcro brush to pull out some of the trapped fibers.
8.Wrap the dubbing brush, that you created, forward towards the eye of the hook. Secure the tag end behind the eye and whip finish.
9. Use a velcro brush to pull out trapped fibers.
10. Once enough fibers have been pulled out with the velcro, use a dubbing brush to sweep the fibers back towards the tips of the marabou tail.
11. Next, attach a second hook. The hook should be one size larger. A Gamakatsu B10S size 2 works well. Secure the thread behind the eye and lay a small foundation of the thread just behind the eye.
12. Place a hourglass or dumbbell eye just behind the eye and secure the eye with cross thread wraps. I like to wrap 4-5 times in one direction and then 4-5 times in the other direction. Finish the thread wrap so that it hangs behind the dumbbell.
13. Apply a drop of Super Glue to the thread wraps under dumbbell eye.
14. Attach a 4 inch piece of Senyo Intruder Trailer wire to the top of the hook shank with the tag end over the dumbbell eye.
15. Secure the wire along the shank and down the bend about a short distance. Apply additional wraps within this bend area to firmly anchor the wire.
16. Slip a Brown 3D Connector Bead onto the wire.
17. Next, attach the tail section that was completed earlier with the hook point in the same orientation as the head section. Slip the tag end of the wire through the bead and adjust loop connection so that the tail moves freely. Secure the wire from the bend to the eye and snip off the excess that extends beyond the other tag end.
18. Bend both tag ends of the wire back towards the tail and secure with additional thread wraps. At the bend of the hook, attach a clump of Claret Marabou. The tips reaching the front third of the tail section and secured to the top of the shank.
19. Secure the tag end of the marabou to the top of the shank. Create a dubbing loop at the bend of the hook using a dubbing loop tool to keep the loop in a triangular shape.
20. Fill the loop with Rusty Brown Ice Dubbing as you did in the tail section.
21. Twist the loop to anchor the dubbing .
22. Use a velcro brush to pull out the strands.
23.Wrap the dubbing brush forward and secure behind the eye of the hook with a couple of thread wraps.
24. Tease out the strands of dubbing with a Velcro brush.
25. Then, brush back the strands with a dubbing brush to sweep over the marabou.
26. Clip a clump of Golden Brown Deer Body Hair and comb out the underfur.
27. Place the hair within a large Hair Stacker with the tips downward. Tamp 5-6 times to even the tips.
28. The hair tips will face the hook point.
29. Whip Finish and remove the thread. Attach the 200 denier GSP thread behind the eye. We need this type of thread due to it’s strength in flaring deer hair.
30. Place the clump so the the tips reach just beyond the hook point. Place two loose wraps around the clump just behind the dumbbell eye.
31. Place your thumb or index finger on the top of the two loose thread wraps and tighten the wraps by pulling down and toward the hook eye. This will help to keep the flare of the hair on top of the dumbbell eye and uniform.
32.Note the center crater of the deer hair that your thumb helped to create. Let go of the thread as the friction of the thread against the dumbbell eye will retain the hair flare.
33. Next apply a second clump of Rusty Brown Deer Body Hair to the center of this crater. The tips should extend just beyond the hook point. Two loose wraps and pull directly downwards using your thumb to hold the hook in place.
34.The hair will flare upwards out of this crater.
35. Apply 2-3 wraps around the base of the dumbbell eyes to secure the hair.
36. Rotate the fly so that the dumbbell eye is on the top of the hook shank. Attach a small clump of Bruiser Blend Dubbing, Sunburst behind the dumbbell eye.
37. Apply a drop of Super Glue to the thread wraps on top of the dumbbell eye.
38. Finally, trim off the tag end of the GPS thread with a razor blade. The Super Glue will secure the thread. No Whip Finish required.
39. Now, curve the double sided razor blade so that it touches both ends of the dumbbell eyes. Bring the razor blade backwards and the deer hair will trim up to the transition area of the deer hair tips. Do not trim the deer hair tips.
40. Use a pair of sharp scissors to clean up any straggly hairs. Use a brush to lay back the hairs and dubbing. The finished Articulated Trout Slider.
| Materials
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|---|---|
| Hook | Gamakatsu B10S, #4 and Gamakatsu B10S, #2 |
| Connector | Senyo's Intruder Trailer Hook Wire, Black |
| Connector Bead | 3D Beads, Brown |
| Thread | Veevus 8/0, Rusty Brown and Veevus GSP Black, 200 denier |
| Head | Dyed Deer Body Hair, Rusty Brown and Dyed Deer Body Hair, Golden Brown |
| Eyes | Double Pupil Lead Eyes, Fl. Orange, 3/16 |
| Body | Ice Dubbing, Rusty Brown |
| Beard | Bruiser Blend Dubbing, Sunburst |
| Tail | Marabou, Fiery Brown and Marabou, Wine |
Articulated Trout Slider
The Articulated Trout Slider is a streamer pattern designed to slide through the water while using flash and material movement to entice big trout. This fly uses dumbbell eyes and a deer hair head to sink and maximize movement under water.
Original Slider
The term “Slider” most likely came from Charles Brewer Sr. in the 1960’s. Charles developed a bass and crappie lure using a specially designed flat bottom leadhead attached to a plastic worm. The lure would sink quickly and would be retrieved in a slow, sliding manner. The hook is inverted so that when it hits cover, a slow pull will allow the lure to go over the cover and glide through. The pattern and technique became so popular with Bass fishermen, that Charles formed the Slider Lure Company in 1980.
Jack Gartside came up with a fly pattern called the Silver Slider in 1988. Similar to his pattern, the Gurgler, the Silver Slider does not have a protruding lip. This allows the pattern to submerge and and surface like a wounded baitfish.
Cheech Articulated Slider
Cheech (Clark Pierce) of Fly Fish Food designed the Articulated Trout Slider in 2016. This pattern is a hybrid of the Galloup’s Sex Dungeon and Coffey’s Sparkle Minnow. The pattern features a marabou tail, deer hair head, and a body made out of picked-out ice dub that flutters and dances underwater. Cheech refers to this pattern as a slider because it has a fairly neutral buoyancy when wet, and glides (or slides) through the water when retrieved.
The earlier patterns of the articulated Trout Slider were tied on larger hook sizes 1/0 and 2. Cheech moved onto smaller hooks sizes with the Daiichi 2461 or the Gamakatsu B10S in sizes 4 and 2. This was shown on his Mini Articulated Trout Sliders, like the Thin Mint Slider, that he introduced in 2019, These Mini Articulated sliders are about 3 inches in length and are a perfect length for many of our Sierran streams.
Cheech also came up with an unarticulated version, the Sculpin Slider, in 2022. I include that pattern within this post since many of the attributes of tying the Sculpin Slider are similar to the Articulated Trout Slider.
Variations
Articulated Trout Slider, Gold
| Materials
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|---|---|
| Hook | Gamakatsu B10S, #4 and Gamakatsu B10S, #2 |
| Connector | Senyo's Intruder Trailer Hook Wire, Black |
| Connector Bead | 3D Beads, Yellow Olive |
| Thread | Veevus 8/0, White and Veevus GSP White, 200 denier |
| Head | Dyed Deer Body Hair, Bleached White and Dyed Deer Body Hair, Golden Brown |
| Eyes | Double Pupil Lead Eyes, Red with white and black pupil, 5.5mm |
| Body | Ice Dubbing, Gold |
| Beard | Bruiser Blend Dubbing, Tan |
| Tail | Marabou, Fl. White and Marabou, Ginger |
Thin Mint Slider
| Materials
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|
|---|---|
| Hook | Gamakatsu B10S, #4 and Gamakatsu B10S, #2 |
| Connector | Senyo's Intruder Trailer Hook Wire, Black |
| Connector Bead | 3D Beads, Olive |
| Thread | Danville, Flat Waxed Nylon, Black and Veevus GSP Black, 200 denier |
| Head | Dyed Deer Body Hair, Dark Brown and Dyed Deer Body Hair, Olive |
| Eyes | Quick View |
| Body | Ice Dubbing, Chocolate Brown |
| Beard | Bruiser Blend Dubbing, Olive |
| Tail | Marabou, Brown and Marabou, Olive |
Articulated Trout Slider, Silver
| Materials
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|
|---|---|
| Hook | Gamakatsu B10S, #4 and Gamakatsu B10S, #2 |
| Connector | Senyo's Intruder Trailer Hook Wire, Black |
| Connector Bead | 3D Beads, White |
| Thread | Uni 8/0, White and Veevus GSP White, 200 denier |
| Head | Dyed Deer Body Hair, Black and Dyed Deer Body Hair, Bleached white |
| Eyes | Psuedo Eyes, Yellow, 3/16 |
| Body | Ice Dubbing, Holo Silver |
| Beard | Bruiser Blend Dubbing, Unicorn Mane |
| Tail | Marabou, Black and Marabou, White |
Sculpin Slider
| Materials
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|
|---|---|
| Hook | Gamakatsu B10S, #4 |
| Thread | Danville, Flat Waxed Nylon, Black and Veevus GSP Black, 200 denier |
| Head | Dyed Deer Body Hair, Olive and Dyed Deer Body Hair, Rusty Brown |
| Eyes | Psuedo Eyes, Red, 3/16 |
| Body | Ice Dubbing, Gold |
| Tail | Micro Rabbit Zonker Strip, Olive |