A)
- Wind the thread in touching
turns from the 95% mark (just
5% back from the eye of the hook) to the bend of the hook.
- Tie in a wet fly tag of marabou or filoplume at the
bend
of the hook.
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B)
- Tie in a length of copper wire
at the bend of the hook.
- Tie in 4 or 6 peacock herl just behind the eye of
the hook
and tie them down along the top of the hook shank all the way to the
bend of the hook forming an underbody.
- Twist the herl around the thread to form a herl
rope.
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C)
- Wind the herl rope along the
hook shank to the 95%
position forming a uniform cigar shaped body.
- Trim the excess herl.
- Tie in the hackle just behind the eye of the hook.
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D)
- Take 2 or 3 wraps of hackle
just behind the eye of the
hook and then palmer it all the way down to the bend of the hook
forming 4 or 5 segments.
- Whilst maintaining the tension on the hackle pick up
the
copper wire and wind it back toward the eye of the hook forming 4 or 5
segments that lock the hackle in position.
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E)
- Take one final wrap of copper
wire amongst the wraps
of hackle at the
eye of the hook and bend the copper wire back and forward under tension
until the excess breaks off.
- Trim of the excess hackle at the bend of the hook
with a
blade.
- Bring your fingers over the front of the hook
directing
the hackle tips backward build up a neat head, whip finish and varnish.
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