MOON TOAD aka the TARPONATOR

This fly was named after the original pattern, the tarpon toad , tarpon in malay is called "Bulan".The direct translation is "moon" . That's how this fly is called the MOON TOAD which in malay sounds a bit weird . It is a mixture of sculpin and tarpon toad . I use it primarily for tarpon hence the Tarponator.

Materials

Hook 

Rabbit Zonker 

Silly Legs

Palmer Chenille 

Bead Chain 

Deer Hair

Dress the hook with thread up to the hook bend .

  

Tie on some silly legs 

Tie on a zonker strip 

Wrap the extra zonker strip around the hook . 

Tie on some palmer chenille and wrap around the hook . Tie on a bead chain as well . 

Take a bunch of deer hair and tie it on . Be sure to make two light wraps and then one tight wrap to assure the deer hair will cover around the hook not just on one side . 

After you're done wasting your deer hair , trim it as you would a sculpin or mudler minnow . The deer hair is intended to help with the bobbing for air effect which drives the tarpon crazy . 

Trim it to your own desire . For me I will make sure it looks like a sculpin or mouse . hehe

There you have it . The MOON-TOAD . Happy Tying .