A)
- Starting 1/3 of the way back from the eye of the
hook wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook.
-
Tie in a tag tail of rabbit fur or marabou which is equal in length to
the gape of the hook.
- Tie in a length of multi-strand tinsel.
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B)
- Wind the thread forward 1/4 of the way along the
hook shank.
- Also wind the tinsel forward 1/4 of the way along
the hook shank.
- Tie off the tinsel but don't trim the excess.
- Tie a church window feather in flat and
symmetrically on top of the fly with its tips extend the same distance
as the tail.
- Wind the thread forward 1/2 of the way along the
hook shank.
- Wind the tinsel over the tie in position for the
first church window feather and forward 1/2 of the way along the hook
shank.
- Tie off the tinsel but don't trim the excess.
- Tie
a second church window feather in flat and symmetrically on top of the
fly with its tips stopping short of the previous church window feather
a distance equal to 1/4 of the length of the hook shank.
- Wind the thread forward 3/4 of the way along the
hook shank.
- Wind the tinsel over the tie in position for the
second church window feather and forward 3/4 of the way along the hook
shank.
- Tie off the tinsel and trim the excess.
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C)
- Tie
a third church window feather in flat and symmetrically on top of the
fly with its tips stopping short of the previous church window feather
a distance equal to 1/4 of the length of the hook shank.
- Stack and spin deer hair along the front 1/4 of the
hook shank making sure that deer hair tips are tied in first and point
back along the body of the fly.
- Once deer hair has been stacked and spun along the
front 1/4 of the
hook tie off the thread and secure it behind the hook shank with two or
three double half hitches and trim the thread.
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D)
- With a sharp pair of scissors or blade shape the
deer hair head so that its overall thickness is about equal to the gape
of the hook. Make sure that you don't trim the deer hair tips that
point back along the body of the fly.
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