Hook: Down eye size 10
Thread: Brown 8/0
Tail: Pale yellow buck tail
Body: Rabbit fur, yellow and natural, 50/50 mix
Wing: Pale yellow deer hair
Hackle: One grizzle cock and one yellow grizzle cock
How To Tie The Fly
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| 1. Fix the hook in the vice, secure a slim bunch of buck tail. Keep it loose the effect you want is that of tail/shuck. |
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| 2. Stack a bunch of deer hair and measure up for size. |
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| 3. Wax the tying thread, secure the hair and allow it to flair out well, trim excess stubs when done. |
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| 4. Check fly for length and wing proportions. If you feel it looks wrong start again. |
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| 5. Make a dubbing rope with the rabbit fur. Wind on, neither to tight nor to loose. |
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| 6. Secure in the hackles one at a time. If you tie both in at once there’s a chance they may slip when being wound on. |
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| 7. Wind on hackles one at a time, four turns should be enough. |
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| 8. With the two hackles secured at the front of the hook, trim away the waste ends. |
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| 9. Whip finish at the head, trim thread and varnish, the finished fly. |
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