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Instructions
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The rest of the fly: Pearl Flashabou, several Strung Rooster
Saddles, and several plain ole Hackles.
Directions:
Put the hook in the vise and start
your thread near the bend. Tie in 3 plain ole hackles on each side of the hook,
so that the length past the bend is total length of the hook. They should face
inward towards each other. Tie in 6 or 8 strands of Flashabou on top of this.
Take the strung rooster saddles and find the one with the longest webby hackle
at the butt end. Bend the hackle and snip the butt off where it starts to bend,
leaving a good bit of the webby hackle at the butt. Tie in from the butt and
palmer forward until you get to the shorter stiffer barbs. Tie it off.
Repeat this process with about 5 or 6 hackles, or until you get near the eye. On
the last hackle, wrap two or three wraps with the stiffer barbs. Tie it off,
make a head and cement.
NOTE: This fly has caught just about every kind of fish that
swims in the lagoon, tied in either all white, white and red, or white and
chartreuse. I usually just use all white. To add the other color, the last
hackle or two you tie in should be the other color. It has caught snook, tarpon,
jack crevalle, spotted seatrout, snapper, redfish and ladyfish. Tied in all
black with lead eyes added at the front it is a great black drum fly. |
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