Red Shiner
Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Cyprinella lutrensis

Maximum Size: 3.5
Shape: Deep-bodied
Suggested Hook & Size: Mustad 33909 #2 - #14
Thread: Gray, 8/0 Uni-thread

Tail: Holographic Silver Hanked Lite-Brite, color
a Pale Crimson Red Prismacolor Pen tail.
Tail Fin: Pale Red (Crimson Red Prismacolor Pen
fine point lightly)
Body: Silver Bodi-Braid
Eye & Insert: Silver Spirit River Real Eyes
with Priz Silver 3-D Molded insert
Lower Side: Polar Pearl Hanked Lite-Brite
Upper Side: Holographic Silver Hanked Lite-Brite

Snout Color or Change Thread: Gray
Belly or Stomach: Polar Pearl Hanked Lite-Brite
Dorsum or Back: Minnow Blue Hanked Lite-Brite with Pearl Blue/Olive Hanked Lite-Brite over sparsely

Head Color: Blue Green
Cheek & Chin Color: Polar Pearl
Pectoral Fins: Clear
Anal Fin: Pale Red (Crimson Red Prismacolor Pen fine point lightly)
Pelvic Fin: Clear
Dorsal Fin: Clear

Colored Markers: Crimson Red Prismacolor Pen for caudal and anal fins.
Tying Notes: None

Distribution: Widely distributed throughout the central United States, throughout the Mississippi Basin, westward to the Rio Panuco, Mexico and the Colorado River, northward to South Dakota and southern Wisconsin. Disjunct population in central North Carolina.
Habitat: Prefers sand to gravel runs and riffles in small to medium rivers.
Spawning Period: March thru September.
Spawning Habitat: Spawns over Green Sunfish beds.
Important Notes: Both sexes make sounds or calls during courtship, the female calls and the male responds. Good aquarium fish.