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This fly is for freshwater trout and also pan fish, crappie, bluegill, etc. |
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Materials:
Hook:# 8-18 heavy nymph
Bead. 1/8-5/64th gold bead depending on hook size
Thread. Red 6/0 uni thread
Tail. Guard hairs from Hares mask or ear
Rib. Small gold Ultra wire
Abdomen. Hares ear plus dubbing (natural Hares –ear)
Wing case. Turkey tail feather
Thorax. Hares ear plus dubbing (natural Hares-ear) |
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1. Slide the bead onto the hook and then attach the thread. |
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2.Select a pinch of longer guard hairs from the mask of a hare and trim the fibers away from the skin. Hold the hairs by the tips and remove excess underfur from the base.
Size and trim the hair so the tail is about the length of the hook gap. Use a pinch wrap to tie the tail to the top of the hook shank.
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3. Lay the wire rib on the hook shank with the wire end stuck inside the bead head the rest of the wire is hanging behind the hook bend. Wrap the thread forward locking in the wire and add more thread wraps to lock in the bead head.
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4. Hold a small amount of dubbing fibers along a 2 or 3 inch section of thread and roll the dubbing material and thread between your thumb and forefinger in a single direction to twist the fibers around the thread. This creates a dubbing rope. |
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5.Wrap a slightly tapered abdomen (smaller near the tail and larger near the thorax) up to the halfway point.
Wrap the wire rib forward counter clockwise in evenly spaced turns. Tie off the wire over the thorax area and trim the excess wire.
Tie in a section of Turkey tail feather over the thorax area and wrap back over the material so it extends back over the thorax.
Make another dubbing rope and wrap over the thorax. Repeat the process several times with small amounts of dubbing to create a thick thorax and finish with the thread behind the bead.
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6. Pull the turkey tail forward, take one or two wraps of thread over the material directly be hind the bead, and clip the excess turkey feather. Make two or three more securing wraps and then whip finish or double hitch directly behind the bead.
Use a bodkin or other sharp object to pick out strands of dubbing to simulate the legs of a mayfly nymph.
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Tri-County Fly Fishers
