Description

The Fish-Skull ® ARTICULTED FISH – SPINE is an innovative system of interconnected, articulated shanks that combine to form a multi-jointed, “fish spine” upon which incredibly animated and realistic baitfish patterns can be tied.

The Fish-Spine was co-developed with Blane Chocklett who is one of the fly fishing industry’s most forward thinking and innovative fly tiers.

By daisy-chaining a series of articulated shanks, Blane conceived of a way to impart incredibly realistic action into baitfish patterns that has until now been impossible to achieve.

Multi-jointed “swim” flies with ultra-real action!

• Four specially designed articulated shanks of varying lengths.
• Tapered effect creates life-like action.
• Manufactured from Stainless steel for saltwater flies.

A fly is tied in segments. Each segment is tied using one of the 3 or 4 articulated shanks or the hook. Typically, a fly is tied by starting first with the tail segment and once completed, more segments are added on one at a time until you finish at the front of the fly.

To explain a little more,  each segment is created by tying the materials (natural or synthetic) onto an articulated shank which is held in your vice. Once a segment is tied, the articulated shank is removed from the vice and connected to the loop of the next size of articulated shank. In turn, this new shank is held in the vice and the materials in turn are tied onto that shank.

This process continues until the segments of the fly (shanks and hook/s) are all connected together. The fly is then trimmed to shape and any final features like eyes or body markings can be added to finish off the fly.

A four page step by step of full tying instructions is available HERE

Ex. Small – 10 mm (3/8 inches) – 24 shanks

Small – 15 mm (5/8 inches) – 24 shanks

Medium – 20 mm (3/4 inches) – 24 shanks

Large – 25 mm ( 1 inch) – 24 shanks

Starter pack – Six Fish-Spines per pack (24 individual segments).