MATERIALS LIST
- Hook - Any 3XL hook, I used an Eagle claw 92672.
- Hackle - Hen hackle sized according to hook size.
- Thread - 6/0 mono black but any color to match feather.
- Body,Tail,Wings - I used the breast or rump feather off my Military Macaw, Duck or turkey would work well (if you don't happen to have a Macaw)
TYING INSTRUCTION
- Choose a feather to match size of hook.
- Tie in the thread about 1/8 back from eye of hook.
- Decide on tail length.
- Stroke remaining fibers out then to the butt of stem.
- Hold feather fibers to length of body that looks correct to hook size and tie in at that point.
- Decide which wing position that you want, either cocked or spent.
- If cocked tie wings in upright position. If spent divide fibers in half and tie in with the figure eight stye.
- Pinch the feather up about 45* from hook.
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