| 1/ First
off wrap a nice even base of thread starting from
near the front of the hook and extending to the
point where you are going to tie in your first part
of the fly, the tail. This point should be roughly
level with the barb on the hook. Once this is completed
and you have a good bed of thread proceed to step
two. |
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| 2/ Next
take a piece of copper wire and secure it to the
hook at the rear of the fly. This wire should be
tied in so that it protrudes out from the rear of
the fly and is out of the way of your working space
for constructing the rest of the fly. Once this
is done trim the excess wire and cover with a few
well placed turns of thread. |
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| 3/ Now
take some appropriate coloured dubbing and form
a dubbed rope. For this pattern Antrons with their
inherent flash are good but I have chosen to use
a natural material here, dyed rabbit. Dub a fair
length so you don't run out while constructing the
body and just remove the excess when finished. This
will save time when tying a number of these in the
one session. |
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| 4/ Next
wind your dubbed rope forward towards the thread.
Make each successive turn in front of the previous
one but make sure you create a slightly tapered
body. This is easy to do but you may have to make
several wraps in the one plane as you get nearer
the thread to get the required bulk. When you reach
the thread remove the excess dubbing and proceed
to step 5. |
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| 5/ This
step requires you to select a small ginger cock
hackle. This will be to used to form the palmered
hackle body which part of the reason why this pattern
is so deadly. Tie it in angled slightly back and
shiny side of the feather facing forward. Trim any
excess hackle feather stubs and add a couple of
turns of thread to strengthen.. |
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| 6/ Wind
the hackle back toward the wire at the rear of the
fly. Use 4-5 even turns to get there and when you
do use the wire to make 3 tight wraps around the
hackle securing it in place. You can can then remove
the excess feather and begin the ribbing of the
pattern. When
you are happy that the feather is secure and won't
unravel go to step 7.. |
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| 7/ Once
again using 4-5 turns of the wire wind it forward
to the front of the fly. Be careful to not crush
the hackle fibres already in place. This ribbing
strengthens the fly and stops the palmered hackle
from coming undone. When you reach the thread take
tie off and remove the excess wire. Then carefully
use you scissors to remove the top half of the hackle
with one clean cut. This will help with the presentation
of the wing. |
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| 8/
Take a good clump of deer or elk hair.
Measure it off against the hook shank so that the
resulting wing is roughly equal in length to it.
Grip the hair in between the thumb and forefingers
of your left hand. Firstly take 2 turns around the
hair and not the shank. Then clasping the hair tightly
take several turns around the two already done this
time wrapping around the hair and hook shank. Don't
let is spin! |
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| 9/
There you have your wing! Now with that
same grip hold the deer hair tightly and take cut
the excess hair on a 45 Degree angle to the rear
and top of the fly keeping the head shape in line
with the wing. Taker a couple more turns of thread
in the same plane to secure and then add two half
hitches to finish. It's that easy. |
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