SBPatt 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2018 Foam version of an Atlantic salmon pattern. Tied here as a salmonfly; don't have a scud hook big enough to handle a bug this size so I subbed with the TFS iron (shorter shank than the Dai Riki 280) and it seemed to balance okay. hook - TFS 2305 #4 thread - UTC 140 burnt orange core - 25lb Mason rib - x-small wire gold Underbody - moose body hair body/head - 2mm foam rust body hackle - brown (undersize by 3) wing - elk hair thorax - shmootz from the base of an orange/grizzly hackle hackle - grizzly dyed orange (1TBS Rit orange, 1 cup water) front wing - elk hair put a loop in the mono mash barb, start thread; tie in mono and rib ] clean, stack some moose body hair; tie in, hook loop onto gallows wrap moose hair up (a bit past the bend) and back; trim tips (optional) tie in foam strip (1/2 gap width) at eye; fold, tie down at eye to create head, trim tie in second foam strip (1/3 hook gap), brush underbody with Super Glue, wrap up and back, adjusting tension/overlap to create tapered body; tie off/trim tie in hackle at base of body, palmer to tip rib thru hackle, helicopter end, cover with thread; trip hackle tip clean, stack, measure (tips to rear of body) a healthy clump of elk, trim butts, tie in push down with thumb to divide hairs on either side of body, separate with cross wraps clean, stack, measure (about 1/2 rear wing length) another, sparser clump of elk; trim butts, tie in facing forward over head tie in hackle create thread loop harvest shmootz (you could use dubbing, but this stiff is real buggy, the hackle easily wraps thru it and I hate to waste anything) insert in waxed loop, spin, trim wrap thorax; tie off/trim wrap hackle, tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN trim hackle, go fish Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chugbug27 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2018 Awesome Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retrocarp 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2018 WOW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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niveker 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2021 On 6/21/2018 at 11:23 AM, chugbug27 said: Awesome +1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tferg 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2021 Super SBS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David 82nd 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2021 Very nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites