SBPatt 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2015 A few minor changes to the original. hook - Dai Riki 280 #10 thread - Danville 6/0 brown tail - EP Fibers light olive tag - Uni-stretch Chinese red rear wing - elk hair rib - x-small wire gold body - peacock herl body hackle - coachman brown wing - calf tail white front hackle - coachman brown mash barb, start thread at hook point; tie in CH, fold, wrap back to point above barb return to point; tie in Uni-stretch, leave tag-end long wrap to tail and back; tie off/trim pull tag-end over top; tie off/trim, trim tail (gap width) clean, stack, measure (tips to tail) a clump of elk; tie in tie in rib tie in peacock, twist, wrap, tie off/trim tie in hackle at front of body; palmer to rear wing capture tip with rib, continue forward thru body; helicopter end, cover with thread, trim hackle tip trim hackle, top and bottom clean, stack, measure (tips to rear wing) a clump of calf tail; tie in/trim tie in hackle wrap hackle, tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Bruce Derington 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2015 This is a great pattern here in Michigan, I use it on the North Branch in Grayling, very nicely tied Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2016 LaFontaine's Lady Heather Double Wing Per Mr. LaFontaine, "attractor for those days that photographers call cloudy bright. Clouds cover everything, but there is enough light coming through so that everything isn’t a dark gray." Pretty much the same tying sequence as the Royal Double Wing. hook - TMC 5212 #10 thread - UTC 140 grey brown tail - Congo Hair dun tag - tying thread rear wing - deer hair body - poly dubbing grey (original used antron) body hackle - silver badger wing - calf tail white front hackle - dun/grizzly Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
