A)
- Wind the thread in touching turns well round the
bend of the hook.
- Tie in a length of ribbing material and return the
thread 3/4 of the way along the body toward the bend of the hook.
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B)
- Form the equivalent of a dubbing loop with the
thread and suspend it by its tip above the fly.
- Tie in a hackle at the 3/4 position as well as a
couple of strands of Peacock Herl.
Many
Vices come with a gallows tool which can be used as the fixed
position to suspend the loop from. Alternatively you can rig something
up suspended from your lamp or some other sort of frame.
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C)
- Wind the herl forward to form a thorax and tie of
the herl and trim the excess.
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D)
- Wind the hackle parachute style up and down
the
suspended loop a distance equal to the length of the thorax.
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Tie the hackle off behind the eye of the hook and
trim the excess.
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E)
- Undo the loop from whatever its suspended from and
pull it forward so that the hackle lies on top of the herl thorax.
- Whilst holding the hackles out of the way take a
wrap or two of the loop around the shank of the hook behind the eye of
the hook and then tie it of with the thread.
- Trim the balance of the loop off.
- Hold the hackle out of the way and build up a neat
head of thread.
- Whip finish and
varnish.
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