Post by Slartybardfast on Feb 18, 2010 11:08:54 GMT -5
Recipe
Mustad R72 size 10 2XH 2XL Long nymph
5/32" gold bead
.030 non lead wire 10 wraps
Your favorite black thread. I used UNI 6/0
White biots
Brown biots
Brown dubbing
Brown hen hackle
Ribbing. I used UTC vinyl olive midge but I think gold medium round tinsel looks better.
7 or 8 peacock herls
1. Place gold bead on hook with small opening towards eye of hook.
10 wraps of non lead wire and push it up into the recess in the bead. Start thread behind wire wraps.
2. Build up thread to create a taper and use an x pattern to secure wire wraps. If you use a normal thread wrapping technique to secure wire the thread has a tendency to fall in between the wire wraps and spread the wire apart.
3. More thread.
4. I saw this trick on Hatches magazine. Take two broad white biots and glue them together with super glue. I matched the tips and held them with one hand while the other put a dot of glue in between biots with a bodkin.
5. Dub the butt with a pinch of brown dubbing. Less is more with dubbing. This creates a better base for the brown biots that form the tail. Without the dubbing the biots have a tendency to curl around the hook shank and point down.
6. Select two broad brown biots for the tail.
7. Secure one biot with a thread wrap. I aimed for half the hook shank for the tail length.
8. Secure the other biot and aim to have them horizontal when view from the side.
View from the top.
Trimmed and wrapped side view
Top view.
9. Lay your white biots on top with the tips ending half way into the tail. This will tell you where to fold the biots. Secure them with a couple thread wraps. I think this fly's wings could have been a little shorter.
10. Select a small brown hen hackle and strip the fibers off one side. My ring is too clean I need some fish slime on it.
11. Secure the hen hackle and biots then move thread to rear.
I used Olive vinyl midge ribbing but on later ones I used medium round gold tinsel and I think the gold looks better.
12. Secure ribbing to tail.
13. Secure 7 or 8 peacock herls to the tail section and move your thread 3/4 of the way to the eye. Wrap the peacock herls 3/4's of the way to the front and secure with a few thread wraps. Wrap ribbing in the opposite direction of the peacock herls to the 3/4 point, secure and trim. I believe this is called counter ribbing and it helps to hold the fly together if some toothy trout chomps on it. Om nom nom nom nom nom nom nom.
14. Trim half the peacock herls off to reduce the bulk.
15. Wrap the remaining peacock herls to the bead, secure and trim.
16. Wrap hen hackle and secure.
17. Fold white biots down, secure and whip finish.
18. Optional. Trim hackle so it looks like legs.
Top view. Wings are a little long.
