MATERIALS LIST

TYING INSTRUCTION

1. Slip a large gold bead to the hook's eye, insert the hool in the vise and secure the tying thread. Build a good thread base from the rear of normal head space to hook's bend.
   
   
2. Weed Guard - Attach at mid hook's shank a length of 25 lb. (11.3 Kg) monofilament long enough to reach past the hooks eye. Quadruple wrap the mono to the hook's shank and super glue the thread wraps.
   
   
3. Tail - Attach with tying thread at hook's bend a regular Wolly Bugger sized tuft of black marabou and add six strands of pearl "Flashabou" to the top of the tail.
   
   
4. Rear Body - Attach at the hook's bend with tying thread a black rooster saddle feather by the feather's tip. Attach the black flash chenille with tying thread at the hooks bend, wrap forward 1/2 hook's shank length, secure with tying thread and trim the excess chenille close.
   
   
5. Rear Hackle - Palmer the black rooster saddle to the front of the flash chenille, secure with tying thread, trim the excess hackle, whip finish, clip the tying thread and cement. Slide the gold bead tight against the hackle.
   
   
6. Eyes - Re-attach the tying thread, wind forward and attach the gold lead eyes on top of the hook's shank, approximately 1/4 inch (6.3 mm) behind the hook's eye, with figure 8 tying thread wraps and super glue the thread wraps.
   
   
7. Front Body - Attach another black rooster saddle hackle by the tip at the front of the gold bead with tying thread. Fasten a length of flash chenille at the front of the gold bead, Wrap the flash chenille forward to the rear of the eyes and secure with tying thread. Don't trim the excess chenille.
   
   
8. Front Hackle - Palmer the black the rooster saddle hackle forward to the back of the eyes, secure with tying thread and trim the excess hackle.
   
   
9. Head - Wrap the thread to the front of the eyes. Cover the area on top of and under the lead eyse with figure 8 wraps of black flash chenille, secure with tying thread and trim the excess chenille close and clean up the head with tying thread wraps.
   
   
10. Weed Guard - Pull the mono forward, insert the end into the hook's eys and secure with 5 or 6 tying thread wraps. Pull the mono tight enough to form the loop shown in the image, clip 1/16 inch from the outside of the hook's eye and secure with 5 or 6 more thread wraps. Use a lighter or match to melt a bead onto the end of the mono and pull the mono rearward enough to allow a leader to pass through the hooks eye. Whip finish and super glue the thread and mono.

This fly works wellwhere there is cover such as cattail reeds. With the dumbbell eyes on top of the hook's shank the fly rides through the water upside down. This means great hookups in the roof of the mouth. Along with riding upside down the weed guard makes the fly very snag proof. Cast the fly to the edge of or into the cover. Let the fly sink for some time, strip 5 to 10 times with 6 to 10 inch strips, allow the fly to sink again and repeat the process. Some times the strikes are subtle like a hang up on the reeds. Other times "Hang On" because there will be no doubt!