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Crackleback
Fly Materials
| Hook | TMC 100 size 14 |
| Thread | Black 6/0 |
| Body | Favorite Color Floss |
| Back | Peacock Herl |
| Hackle | Grizly, Dun, or Brown |
Tying Instructions
| Instructions |
Step 1: Make a good thread base from the eye of the hook back to the bend and clip the access thread. Step 2: Prepare your hackle and tie it in at the bend, this will be your tie in point. Step 3: Tie in three to four strands of peacock herl in at your tie in point. Step 4: Next tie in your favorite color of floss at the tie in point. Step 5: Then wrap your floss up to about an eye length back from the hook eye, creating a strait, smooth body with not much taper. Step 6: Take the peacock herl and bring it strait over the back of the hook and tie it off, creating the back to your fly. Step 7: Next palmer your hackle you tied in and tie it off, still staying and eye length away from the hook eye. Step 8: Whip finish your fly and cement the head for a full finished look. |
This is one of my favorite trout flies to tie and to fish with. Tight Lines.