A)
- Tie a hackle in at the front of the body.
- Use a softer hackle suited to wet fly tying and tie
it in
with the shiny side facing you so that the legs will lean backward.
(Traditional dry flies depend on the hackle for "floatation" and are
tied in with the dull side of the hackle toward the front so that the
hackle fibres will all face forward).
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| B)
- Wind the hackle just 2 or 3 times around the tie in
position.
- Tie the hackle off and trim the butt end of the
hackle.
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C)
Whilst holding the hackle tips down and facing backward
pull
the closed cell foam over the back of the fly.
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D)
- Hold the closed cell foam in position onto the top
of the
hook shank at the tie down point with the fingers of your left hand.
- With your right hand take a couple of tight wraps of
thread.
- Without releasing pressure on the thread place a
couple of
double
hitches over the eye of the hook.
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