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Materials
- Hook:
Mustad 34007 Size 2/0
- Tail:
Yellow Bucktail
- Body:
Yellow Hackle
- Throat:
Red Hackle
- Flash:
Yellow Krystal Flash
- Hood:
Yellow Fly Foam
- Thread:
White
- Misc:
Head Cement
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Steps
1. Place hook in vise and attach
thread to shank near the bend.
2. Tie in a medium-size clump
of yellow bucktail, allowing it to extend past the end of the hook
for about 2 inches.
3. Tie in three or four strands
of Krystal Flash along both sides of the bucktail.
4. Select two yellow hackles and
remove the marabou fluff at the base.
5. Tie the hackles in by the stem
to the hook shank just behind the bucktail.
6. Wrap the yellow hackles forward
around the hook shank Palmer style approximately two-thirds of the
length of the shank.
7. Select two red hackles and
remove the marabou.
8. Tie in the red hackles by the
stem to the shank in front of where the yellow hackles ended.
9. Wrap the red hackles forward
around the shank, Palmer style, covering the rest of the hook shank
to the hook eye.
10. Cut a length of yellow foam
body approximately one-half wide and twice the length of the hook
shank.
11. Trim one end of the foam to
a short point. Place the foam, point forward, over the hackle behind
the hook eye. Attach the foam by wrapping the pointed end to the shank.
End with a few half-hitches and seal with head cement.
12. Re-attach the thread to the
back of the hook between the bucktail and where the yellow hackles
start.
13. Bring the foam over the top
of the hackles. Don't worry about covering the hackles.
14. Secure the foam to the rear
of the fly with several wraps. Be careful not to wrap over the hackle
hairs.
15. Secure the wrap with several
half-hitches and coat the thread with head cement.
16. Re-attach the thread again
to the front of the hook behind the eye. Bring the foam back forward
over itself (over the first layer of foam) and secure the end behind
the hook eye with several half-hitches. Whip finish and coat with
head cement.
17. Trim the end of the foam so
it extends a little past the eye of the hook.
Jaiem Fleischmann is a professional
tier whose patterns are available through his unique fly rodders'
Internet website -- www.artsnflies.com
-- that also includes original angling art and books.
