Christmas Island Special

The Christmas Island Special is basically a crazy Charlie tied with craft fur and a flash tail and underwing. In fact in ways its easier and more simple to tie. Now that being said it is slightly less durable because flash wrapped around the hook shank can break when fish bite them. If a fish tooth breaks one strand of the flash, it will look funky, but that doesn’t mean it wont still catch fish. In fact many flies that have been half destroyed by fish strikes seem to catch fish even better than when they were brand new. But even so, it is still relatively durable and should withstand quite a few fish strikes before needing to retire it. The beauty of this is that they are so easy to tie, even if you have to retire one, its not gonna be much of a heart break. These can be tied in a manner of 5 minutes or less when you get in the groove of tying them.

Use different colored flash, and craft fur to make different styles of this fly. I see many people use gold, chartreuse, red, and orange. For the Craft fur you could use any color out there, but the most popular are tan, pink, white and brown. You could also use bead chain eyes instead of the brass dumbbells, however I find that this tends to not want to sit hook point up as easily as the crazy Charlie when only using the lighter bead chain. The craft fur doesn’t hold as much air as calf tail and therefor it needs the extra weight on the bottom to keep it keeled.

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Materials
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Hook: Risen O’Shaughnessy (Size 6) – www.risenfly.com/collections/hooks/products/oshaughnessy-hooks-stainless
Thread: Veevus 140 (hot pink) – amzn.to/3RqiYOd
Eyes: Brass Dumbell Eyes (3.2mm, black) – amzn.to/3Raq74X
Glue: Loctite Brush On – amzn.to/3BBuKz5
Flash: Krystal Flash (pearl) – amzn.to/3SsTIYm
Wing: Extra Select Craft Fur (sand) – amzn.to/3xRRHgp
Cement: Solarez Bone Dry Ultra Thin UV Resin – solarez.com/product/fly-tie-ultra-thin-bone-dry/

Tools
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Vise: Renzetti Traveler – amzn.to/2t2FFmo
Bobbin: Stonfo Bobtec – amzn.to/2YWOf39
Scissors: Risen 4.5″ Straight Hair – www.risenfly.com/collections/fly-tying-tools-and-accessories/products/4-5-straight-hair-scissors
Whip finisher: Dr. Slick brass – amzn.to/2tGYwDW
Fly Tying Bench: Oasis Walnut Compact Bench – www.oasisbenches.com/oasis-benches/compact-bench/
UV Light: Solarez UV Cure (high output) – www.solarez.com/product/uv-cure-flashlight-high-output/

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