| Hook |
6xl - 8xl
streamer |
| Thread |
6/0 black |
| Rib |
medium oval silver
tinsel |
| Body |
medium silver
tinsel |
| Lower
wing |
yellow bucktail |
| Middle
wing |
red bucktail |
| Upper
wing |
yellow bucktail |
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Start the thread behind the eye.
To keep a relatively thin body, you do not need to lay down a
thread base on the shank. You will be doing that in the next
step. |
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Using a gathering loop, tie in a
5" piece of oval silver tinsel on the side of the hook
shank. Hold the tinsel on your side of the hook, parallel to
the shank and a little below the shank. Bind the tinsel down
as you wind the thread to the rear of the shank trying to keep the
tinsel on the side of the shank. |
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When you
reach the bend of the hook, return the thread to behind the eye
using traveling wraps. |
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Using a
gathering loop, tie in a 10" piece of silver mylar tinsel on
the bottom of the hook shank. The silver side should be against the shank as we
want that to be the body color after wrapping the body. |
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Apply a thin
coat of head cement to the shank of the hook. |
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Wrap the mylar tinsel in side by side
wraps, moving towards the bend of the hook. Try not to
overlap them as you wrap. Remember always wrap the tinsel
away from you, over the top of the shank. |
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When you
reach the bend of the hook, continue wrapping back to the eye in
side by side wraps. |
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Tie off the
tinsel on the bottom of the shank. Secure with 3 tight
thread wraps. Trim the excess tinsel.
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Wrap the oval tinsel in
"ribs" over the mylar tinsel body. Space out the
wraps so that you have 5 to 7 wraps of oval tinsel as you wrap
towards the original tie in point. |
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Tie off the oval
in the same manner as the mylar, below the hook shank, securing
it with 3 tight wraps and then trim the excess. |
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Use several
thread wraps to form a smooth base for the bucktail wing. It
should be flat from the tie off of the tinsel to the eye. |
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Select a small bunch of yellow
bucktail,
stack to even the tips. Place the bucktail on top of the
shank, at the tie off point of the tinsel. The wing should
be 1 1/2 times the shank length. Use the pinch
method but don't apply too much thread tension as this will cause the
bucktail to flare. Secure with 3 wraps that get tighter
as you advance the thread towards the eye. Wrap the thread
back to the original thread wrap for the wing. Make sure the
yellow bucktail is on top of the hook shank. |
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Select a small bunch of red bucktail
equal to the yellow, stack to even the tips, place the
bucktail on top of the yellow bucktail. Make sure the red bucktail is directly on top
of the yellow. |
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Select a bunch of yellow bucktail equal
in size to the yellow and yellow bunches together. Stack to even the tips, place the
yellow bucktail on top of the red bucktail. Secure as you
did the other bucktail. Make sure this bunch of yellow bucktail is directly on
top
of the other two. |
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Lift approximately 1/3 of the bucktail butts straight up and wrap 2
tight thread wraps in front of the butts you are holding. |
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Then lift another 1/3 and wrap 2 tight thread wraps in front of
the butts you are holding. |
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Finally grasp the last 1/3 and do
the same. Then grasp all the butts and trim at an angle that
will start to form the head. |
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Hold all the
butts up and trim as closely as possible. Try to slant your
scissors at an angle that is the same as the taper for the head
when cutting the bucktail. Apply a drop of head cement to
secure the butts. |
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Cover the
butts with tight thread wraps to form a small, cone shaped head.
Use 3 or 4 half hitches or a whip finish to secure the
thread. Trim the thread and add a drop of cement to the
head. |
