SBPatt 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2016 Tom Moore's embellishment of Gary LaFontaine's Buzzball, adding wing & shuck from a Sparkledun. I'll leave up to others to decide whether it's an improvement or just gilding the lily. hook - Dai Riki 305 #16 thread - MFC 6/0 hot orange shuck - Congo Hair amber hackle - orange, dun, grizzly wing - deer hair mash barb, start thread at 2/3 mark clean, stack, measure (shank length) a clump of deer hair tie in with tips forward; trim butts, set upright with thread wraps in front tie in CH; fold, wrap to bend, trim (gap width past bend) tie in grizzly hackle (sized to hook) tie in orange and dun (use the cheapest stuff you can find since most is going to end up on ther cutting room floor) wrap orange and dun to eye; tie off trim a bit less than gap width top/bottom and gap width on the sides wrap grizzly; tie off, half hitch x 2, SHHAN trim grizzly even with the orange/dun on the op and bottom, leave the sides as-is Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kudu 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2016 You always do great sbs! I hope you have some streamers planned! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites