Knight Slider (adaptation of Tabory's Snake Fly)
Over the past few years, I have been working on a few patterns for striped bass that I feel are
some of the most productive flies to throw at these fish. The first of these flies which I would
like to show is the Knight Slider. A relatively easy to make fly that produces bass.

Hint: Try using black at night and white during bright conditions. Also, water color plays a large
part and if the water is stained for one reason or another, try switching to black or olive.
First, start off with tying in the marabou tail. I prefer
using 2 feathers which are married and a little on the
webby side. Once these are secured to the hook, make
a couple of wraps behind the feathers to lift them up to
prevent fouling.
Next, take a rabbit strip and cut the fur off. Once in
hand place on the side of the fly and tie in. Repeat this
for the top part of the fly as well as the other side.
Next, start spinning deer hair. After spinning each
clump, push the clump back to the back of the hook.
Repeat this process until there is just enough space to
whip finish and place eyes on the hook
Take the eyes and tie in. If needed, use black bead
chain eyes or lead eyes. This will create a sinking
motion that can sometimes be beneficial to getting the
fly down further in the water column. Once completed,
whip finish the fly.
Once completed, start trimming the deer hair. Make
sure to have the bottom relatively flat and the top at an
angle. This will create a diving motion of the fly which
really gets the bass going. Hope this helps in catching
more linesiders from the surf. If you have any questions
on this or other patterns, feel free to contact us at
skylandsangler@yahoo.com
Materials:
- Black Marabou
- Black  cross cut rabbit fur
- Flat waxed nylon thread in black
- Black deer hair
- Black mono eyes (Puglisi shrimp eyes)
- Gamakatsu SC15 hooks in 1/0 and 2/0