Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2021 What you will need. Hook- Size 10 jig hook Thread- 6/0 olive unithread Claws- ring-neck pheasant breast feathers died olive green Weight- 30ga. lead wire or comp. Legs- Chinese neck hackle, grizzly died orange Body dubbing- half orange, half olive fluff from bottom of hackle feathers, blended Eyes- melted yellow 40 lb. monofilament Shell back- olive green grizzly hen hackle. Super glue. Fleximent Place the hook in the vise up-side down, make a base of thread from the bend of the shank near the eye to the other bend (the length of the straight shank). Tie in two hook-length, ring-necked pheasant breast feathers, at the start of the bend, curved up-ward. Wrap some .030 lead wire of comparable wire around the shank. leave room at the eye end for the whip finish. A couple wraps at the bend end over the base wraps will give the fly a tapered body. Secure the wire with some super glue and a few thread wraps. Tie in a Chinese grizzly hackle, died orange, between the claws and the lead wraps. The hackle fibers should be about 1 1/2 time the gap of the hook. Trim some fluff from the bases of the olive green hen hackle and the orange rooster hackle. blend the colors together. Form a loose dubbing noodle with the fluff.... and wrap it to the end of the lead wire.... palmer the rooster hackle to the same place and secure it. Turn the vise 180 degrees so the fly is right-side-up and tie in the monofilament eyes above the shank right below the point of the hook. Prepare a section of the olive green, grizzly hen hackle about 2 times the shank length. You can spread some Fleximent on it to help it form the shell. Remove the hook from the vise and pierce the feather, with the hook tip, next to the quill about 1/4 of the length from the pointy end. Place the hook back in the vise and slide the feather down the bend of the hook till it rests on the shank of the hook between the eyes. Starting just under the barb of the hook, make two wraps to secure the shell, move over to the eyes and make two more wraps, move over the same distance and make two more wraps. Pierce the eye of the hook through the feather near the quill. Repeat equally spaced wraps of thread until you get the the spot where the orange hackle was secured. Bend the remaining feather downward to form a tail and use a figure eight to tie it down at 45 degrees. Whip finish, secure the threads and coat the back with Fleximent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skeet3t 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2021 Duh! I thought the eyes were in the wrong place until I looked at the tying sequence. Nice!!! Recipe or your own creation? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2021 5 hours ago, skeet3t said: Duh! I thought the eyes were in the wrong place until I looked at the tying sequence. Nice!!! Recipe or your own creation? It's my creation, but there are those that will tell there are no original flies anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skeet3t 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2021 All my flies are original. I'm the only one who tied them. Mark, nice fly, should be effective on big brown trout in this neck of the woods. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2021 Very nice flies and SBS, Mr. Knapp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2021 On 12/1/2021 at 11:23 AM, niveker said: Very nice flies and SBS, Mr. Knapp Thanks Bud Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
