A)
- Because the head of this fly is spun deer hair you have to
leave that area of the hook shank free of thread.
- Wind the thread in touching turns along the rear 2/3 of the
hook shank.
- Select a piece of chenille and strip the fluff off the end
exposing the chord.
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B)
- Tie the chenille in at the bend of the hook by the exposed
chord and wind it forward along the rear 2/3 of the hook shank in
touching turns.
- Tie the chenille off and trim the excess.
- Tie in 15 or 20 Golden Pheasant feather tippets creating a
down wing that is about as long as the hook.
- It will do no harm to put a drop of head cement on the
thread where the wing is tied in.
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C)
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Select a bunch of deer hair about as long as the hook
shank and stack it in a "deer
hair stacker"
so that all of the tips are together.
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Take the deer hair out of the stacker with your left hand
by gripping the tips of the stacked deer hair. Transfer the
stacked deer hair to your right hand, bunching it
up into a tight mass as you do, and
carefully hold the tight mass of hair along the top of the hook shank
at the tie in position.
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The tips of the stacked deer hair should be positioned
above the back of the hook.
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D)
- Without moving the tight mass of deer hair swap your grip
from the right hand
to the left hand. Get used to sliding the thumb and
fore finger of the left hand onto the material to be tied in and the
shank of the hook ready to undertake a fly tiers pinch.
- Using the fly tiers pinch take two loose wraps of thread
around
the deer hair and then slowly pull down on the thread.
- As you do this the hair will spin around the hook shank and
flare out. Use your finger nails, the end of a pen or a similar tool to
force the
deer hair back as tight as possible.
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E)
Now repeat the five steps C and D as many times as is required
to fill the front of the hook shank with spun deer hair.
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F)
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Take the thread forward to the eye of the hook and take a
couple of double hitches of thread tying it off.
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Trim the thread and apply head cement.
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G)
Use your fingers to hold the Golden Pheasant tippets and the tips of
the first deer hair that was tied in.
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H)
With a sharp pair of scissors trim the remaining deer hair in a neat
head shape.
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