| Hook |
6x - 8xl
streamer |
| Thread |
6/0 black |
| Rib |
medium oval silver
tinsel |
| Body |
medium silver
tinsel |
| Lower
wing |
white bucktail |
| Upper
wing |
red bucktail |
| Topping |
peacock herl |
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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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Using a gathering loop, tie in a
8" 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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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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After covering all the thread wraps
that secured the oval tinsel (at the bend), continue wrapping the
tinsel back to the original tie in point. |
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In an effort to minimize
"bulk" on the top of the shank tie the mylar tinsel off
below the shank. Three tight wraps should secure the
tinsel. Trim the excess tinsel close to the shank. |
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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. Again, tie off the oval
in the same manner as the mylar, below the hook shank, securing
it with 3 tight wraps and trim the excess. At this
point you can apply a thin coat of head cement for
durability. Wait for the cement to dry before continuing. |
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Select a small bunch of white bucktail,
stack to even the tips. Place the bucktail on top of the
shank, at the tie off point of the tinsel. Wing should be 1
1/2 times the shank length. Use the pinch
method but don't apply too much pressure as this will cause the
bucktail to flare. Secure with 3 or 4 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
white bucktail is on top of the hook, if it isn't, grasp with both
hands and roll it to the top. |
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Select a small bunch of red bucktail a
little more than the white, stack to even the tips, place the
bucktail on top of the white bucktail (on top of the tie off point
of the tinsel). Use the pinch method but don't apply too
much pressure as this will flare the bucktail. Secure with 3
or 4 wraps that get tighter as you advance the thread towards the
eye. Make sure the red bucktail is directly on on top
of the white. If it isn't, grasp the red bucktail with both
hands and roll it to the top. |
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Now you have red bucktail on top of
white bucktail over the eye of the hook. Wind the thread
back to the first wrap of thread over the bucktail. Lift
approximately 1/3 of the bucktail butts straight up and wrap 2
tight thread wraps in front of the butts you are holding.
Then lift another 1/3 and wrap 2 tight thread wraps in front of
the butts you are holding. 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. Apply a drop of head cement to
secure the butts. |
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Select 3 or 4 peacock herl. Even
the tips and tie in on top of the head. Cover all the butts
with thread being careful not to build up too big of a head.
Use 3 half
hitches or a whip finish to finish the fly. Put another drop
of cement on the thread head. |
