A)
- Wind the thread in touching turns from the 95%
position to the bend of the hook.
- Tie in an optional tail of hackle fibres about half
as long as the hook .
- Wind the thread 3/4 of the way along the hook shank
and take two or three tight wraps of thread locking a length of closed
cell foam that is about as wide as the gape of the hook into that
position.
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B)
- Take loose wraps of thread as you take the thread to
the bend of the hook. You don't want to squash the underbody down so
much that it no longer provides any buoyancy.
- At the bend of the hook take two or three tight
wraps of thread that lock the closed cell foam in at the bend of the
hook.
- Form a dubbing loop and take the thread forward 3/4 of
the way along the hook shank, again using loose wraps of thread so that
you don't collapse the air pockets in the closed cell foam.
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C)
Load the dubbing loop with polar fibre.
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D)
Twist the dubbing loop to form a dubbing loop rope.
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E)
- Wind the dubbing rope toward the eye of the hook in
touching turns stroking back the loose fibres at each wrap of the
thread so that the next wrap of the thread doesn't tie any of the
fibres down.
- Tie the dubbing loop off and trim the excess.
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F)
Trim the dubbing flat along the top of the hook shank.
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G)
- Pull the closed cell foam over the top to form a back
on the fly.
- Tie the closed cell foam off at about the 95%
position.
- Trim the foam off a little in front of the eye of the
hook.
- Whip finish at the eye of the hook, trim the thread
and varvish the whip finish.
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