Bram's Stoker SBS

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A few changes to the back end of Bram Van Houten's Deer Hair Emerger.

 

 

hook Dai Riki 135 #14

thread - MFC 8/0 sand

underbody - medium tinsel opal

rib - turkey biot callibaetis

shellback - 1mm foam tan

hackle - Mearn's quail (any well-marked feather works)

wing - deer hair

thorax - CdC tan

 

mash barb, start thread, wrap halfway down the bend

 

 

 

tie in biot, notch-side up

 

 

 

tie in tinsel; wrap to 2/3 mark, tie off/trm

 

 

 

 

rib body in open wraps, allowing tinsel to show thru; tie off/trim

 

 

 

tie in foam strip

 

 

 

tie in quail by tip; take a few wraps at base of foam, tie off/trim

 

 

 

 

clean, stack, measure (gap width past bend) a clump of deer hair; trim to length, tie in

 

 

 

 

make a thread loop

 

 

 

insert CdC in clip, trim butts

 

 

 

insert in loop, spin

 

 

 

 

 

wrap CdC, stroking fibers back; tie off/trim

 

 

 

pull foam forward, dividing deer hair/CdC

 

 

 

trim foam, whip finish, SHHAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards,

Scott