SBPatt 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2017 Rivers are up around here this time of year; not a place for dubbed-body flies. Fight foam with foam. Tied here as a Purple Haze; change color/size to suit your needs. hook - Dai Riki 135 #12 thread - Danville 6/0 purple core - 20lb mono tail/underbody - moose body hair abdomen - 1mm foam purple wing - Congo Hair white hackle - grizzly/brown thorax -dubbing purple put a loop in the end of a piece of mono; tie it in measure (2x hook length) some moose body; tie in/trim butts hook loop onto the gallows; wrap hair up the core and back down double up a hank of CH; tie in by butts (creating a loop up front) tie in foam strip (1/2 gap width) brush abdomen with Super Glue wrap foam up (adjusting tension on foam will determine abdomen thickness; going for a chunker here) brush on a little more Super Glue, wrap back down; tie off/trim trim out mono; hook CH loop onto the gallows and wrap back towards base of abdomen tie in hackles wrap up post (width of thorax) and back down; tie off/trim dub thread/dub thorax; leave 1 eye width up front free for wing tie down stroke hackle fibers back, pull wing forward over thorax; tie down pull wing up/back; tie down whip finish, SHHAN, trim wing Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini15 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2017 Thanks for posting. I often see in your ties things I had not seen before. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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