| Hook |
4xl - 6xl
streamer |
| Thread |
6/0 black |
| Tail |
black marabou |
| Body |
black chenille |
| Hackle |
grizzly saddle |
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Start the thread behind the eye
and wrap a
thread base as you move towards the bend. Stop the thread at the
back of the shank (flat portion before bend). |
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Using the pinch method, tie in 1
marabou feather at the thread location. Secure with 4 tight
thread wraps. Lift the butt section of the feather and wind
the thread to 1/8" behind the eye. Use "traveling
wraps" (spaced out wraps with tension) to advance the
thread. |
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Twist the butt of the marabou feather
and lay on top of hook shank. Hold with right hand and pass
the bobbin over the shank 3 times. Then secure with 2 tight
thread wraps in the same spot. Trim the excess marabou. |
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Tie in a grizzly saddle hackle by the
tip at the read tie in point using 2 tight thread wraps.
Then advance the thread using "traveling wraps" to a
point 1/8" behind the eye. |
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Tie in a 5" piece of black chenille
using the pinch method. Secure with 3 tight thread
wraps. Trim any excess over the eye. |
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Hold the chenille on your side of
the hook, parallel to the shank and bind down as you wind the
thread to the rear tie in point. |
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Wrap the thread back towards the eye,
binding down the chenille. Apply some head cement to the
body. |
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Wind the chenille away from you, over the
top of the shank. The wraps should be close together but not
overlapping as you wrap towards the eye. Remember to keep tension on the
chenille. |
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When you reach the 1/8" behind the
eye, hold the chenille out over the eye and pass the bobbin over
the shank 3 or 4 times to secure the chenille. Clip the
excess chenille, form a small thread head and half hitch or whip
finish. Apply cement to the head. |
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Holding the saddle hackle by the butt,
palmer the hackle over the chenille body by spacing it as you
wrap. Use moderate tension to sink the stem into the
chenille. |
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Hold the hackle over the eye of the
hook at a 45 degree angle and pass the bobbin over the shank 3
times to secure the hackle. Then use 3 tight thread wraps in
the same location. Trim the excess saddle hackle. |
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Form a small thread head and use 3 half
hitches or a whip finish to finish the fly. Put some head
cement on the thread head. |
