Instructions
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Form a thread base 2/3 of the way back on the hook.
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Advance the thread 2/3 of
the way
back up the hook shank.
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Apply a drop of lacquer to the thread base.
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Take a small
pinch of deer hair
and stack tie in securely with the tips towards the eye.
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Bring thread to the
front of the wing holding
the wing upright build a tapered thread button securely against the wing.
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Bring
thread to the
rear of the hook slightly down the hook bend.
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Build up a thread button take two
fibers of super tail laying them on top of shank.
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Pass thread
directly in front of the thread button over tail fibers erecting and splaying
tail.
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Tie in quill body by the tapered end.
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Build thread taper to
the butts of the deer hair.
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Apply a drop of lacquer on thread foundation.
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Wrap
quill to form body tying off just behind butts of deer hair.
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Apply
another drop of lacquer on body.
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Dub slim noodle and cover wing junction angling
the dubbing slightly to cover any bare spots under the hook.
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Take 2 wraps behind and 2 wraps in front.
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Whip finish and cement head.
Note:
This is
my favorite may fly imitation it is effective in black, PMD,
slate dun, olive, yellow, grey olive, and brown. |