A)
- Starting just behind the eye of
the hook wind the thread
to the bend of the hook in tight touching turns.
- Tie in a set of real eyes or dumbbell eyes around
5mm
behind the eye of the hook. I think
"Real Eyes" are the best type of eye because the sockets are convex and
easy to paint.
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B)
- Tie in a small bunch of
eggshell polar fibre at the bend of
the after stripping out the base fibbers. The polar fibre should extend
beyond the hook about the same distance as the length of the hook shank.
- Tie in a similar size bunch of olive polar fibre
directly
on top of the first.
- Tie in a length of powder puff wool or body chenille
at
the bend of the hook.
Note: As I have carried out the various stages in this step of tying
the mullet fly I have tied the butt ends of the tail material and the
butt end of the body material along the hook shank to form an
underbody. By doing this you add a little more volume to the body and
reduce the number of wraps of body material you will have to take in
order to build up the volume of the mullet fly body. If the underbody
is uneven as a result of tying in the butt ends use a little dubbing or
other light coloured material fill in any ridges or gaps so that the
underbody is a uniform cigar shape.
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C)
- Wind the body material forward
in touching turns all the
way to the eyes and then around the eyes using figure of eight wraps
being careful to stroke the body material fibres out of the way as you
make each successive wrap of the body material.
- Tie the body material off at the eye of the hook and
trim
the excess.
- Whip finish, trim and varnish the thread.
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C)
- With a sharp pair of scissors
trim the body into a symmetrical mullet shape.
- Finally colour the top of the fly with olive
permanent
marker and paint the eyes up.
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