MATERIALS LIST
- Hook -Daiichi 1750, 1720. Mustad 9672 size. Tiemco 300. Tiemco 5263, 200R. Size2 -8.
- Thread - Brown or black 6/0 Uni-Thread
- Tail - Black, brown or white round medium rubber legs.
- Weight - .030" Lead Wire.
- Ribs - Fine oval gold tinsel or fine gold wire.
- Abdomen - Brown or black Red Heart Dazzelaire Yarn. Also Aunt Lydia's Heavy Rug Yarn.
- Thorax - Beige or tan Red Heart Dazzelaire Yarn.
- Wing Case - A 5\16" wide turkey wing feather strip(Oak or Bleached) coated with Flexament.
- Legs - Dark brown webby saddle hackle.
- Antennae - Black, brown or white round medium rubber legs.
TYING INSTRUCTION
- Insert a hook in the vise and build good tread base.
- Tail - Cut two strands of rubber legs long enough to reach from 3/4" beyond the hooks eye to 1/2" beyond the hooks bend. Attach the strands of rubber legs immediately behind the hook's eye and continue wrapping with tying thread to the hook's bend.
- Weight - 21 to 23 wraps of .030 lead wire for fast water and adjust for other fishing situations. Secure the lead wire with many wraps of tying thread.
- Rib - Tie in the fine oval gold tinsel/wire at the hook's bend.
- Abdomen - Tie in the yarn at the hook's bend and wind a closely wrapped abdomen approximately 2/3 hook's shank length and secure with tying thread. Trim the excess.
- Ribs - Spiral 5 or 6 turns of oval gold tinsel through the abdomen and secure with tying thread at the front of the abdomen. Trim the excess.
- Wing Case - Tie in the coated turkey wing feather strip by the butt (large) ends shiney side down with the feather tips extending to the rear of the fly.
- Legs - Strip the fluff from the base of a dark brown webby saddle hackle and attach the concave side down at the front of the abdomen.
- Thorax - Immediately behind the abdomen tie in the beige colored yarn and wrap to the back of the head space. Secure with tying thread. Palmer the leg hackle 3 turns to the front of the thorax, secure with tying thread at back of head space and trim the excess hackle. Trim the leg hackle fibers from the fly's top.
- Wing Case - Pull the coated turkey wing feather strip over the thorax to the rear of the head space and secure with tying thread. Trim the excess close.
- Head - Build a tapered head, whip finish and cement.
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