New Concept Threadfin Shad (Floating Dead Pattern)
Clupeiformes Clupeidae Dorosoma petenense

Maximum Size: 5”
Shape: Slab-sided
Suggested Hook & Size: Mustad 33909 #1/0 - #6
Thread: White 8/0 Uni-thread

Tail: Pearl Green Hanked Lite-Brite color a
Jasmine Prismacolor Pen tail
Tail Fin: Jasmine Prismacolor Pen
Body: Pearl Bodi-Braid
Eye & Insert: 3/8” to 1/4” White Styrofoam Dumbbell eyes with Silver Tape inserts
Lower Side: Pearl Green Hanked Lite-Brite
Upper Side: Pearl Green Hanked Lite-Brite with Silver Hanked Lite-Brite over with a Black Prismacolor Pen shoulder spot

Snout Color or Change Thread: Silver
Belly or Stomach: Pearl Green Hanked Lite-Brite
Dorsum or Back: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite with Pearl Blue/Olive Hanked
Lite-Brite sparsely over
Head Color: Parrot Green
Cheek & Chin Color: Pearl Green
Pectoral Fins: Jasmine Prismacolor Pen
Anal Fin: Jasmine Prismacolor Pen
Pelvic Fin: Jasmine Prismacolor Pen
Dorsal Fin: Clear

Colored Markers: Black Prismacolor Pen for shoulder spot behind and slightly above eye: Jasmine Prismacolor Pen for Caudal, Pelvic, Anal, and Pectoral Fins
Tying Notes: Instructions for making the Floating Dumbbell Eyes are found in the
New Concept Minnow Article.  This pattern can be tied two ways. If tied as a Clouser
Minnow with the belly on the back of the hook, the imitation will float belly-up
imitating a dead shad. If tied with the belly within the bend of the hook, the imitation
will float belly-down. When fishing for large Brown Trout behind Bull Shoals Dam
during the shad kill, I prefer the belly-up version. In the lake and other places
fishing for Largemouth Bass, I prefer the belly-down version.

Important Notes: Threadfin Shad “Winter Kills” happen most often in the
northern portions of its range when water temperatures fall below 41 degrees.