SBPatt 0 Report post Posted March 26, 2017 This one's from Polish tyer Artur Buczkowski; found it over on the fly pattern database. A few changes from the original; used rat brown ostrich for the body instead of dubbing and added a tag. hook - Dai Riki 899 #4 thread - Danville 6/0 black tag - tinsel gold tail - bucktail red rib - small wire gold body - ostrich grey/brown body hackle - cree wing - bucktail red/fox squirrel tail front hackle - black mash barb, start thread, wrap to point above point; tie in tinsel, wrap to barb and back, tie off/trim measure (shank length) a small clump of bucktail; tie in tie in rib tie in some ostrich herl by the tips; wrap to return wire, tie off/trim tie in hackle; wrap to tail capture tip of hackle with rib, continue to front, helicopter end, cover with thread, trim hackle tip measure (tips to bend) another sparse clump of bucktail; tie in/trim repeat with squirrel tail tie in (folded) hackle by tip wrap hackle, tie off/trim, whip finish, SHHAN Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flat Rock native 0 Report post Posted March 26, 2017 Like it in a big way, thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
