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3 Feather Flatwing

Baitfish · Striped Bass · Advanced · 2 versions

As tied by LIFliesMike

Materials

  • Hook Gamakatsu SL12S 1/0
  • Bucktail White (throat), pink, dark olive
  • Saddle hackle Thin white, light pink, olive flat-wing patch hackle
  • Flashabou Pearl, pink, olive flashabou
  • Body Bill's body braid
  • Peacock herl Three-feather topping, a few strands
  • Eyes Stick-on eyes
  • UV resin Head coat
  • Super glue To secure the braid

How to tie it

  1. Tie in a little bucktail as support to help stop the hackle fouling.
  2. Tie in a thin white saddle hackle flat, curve facing down.
  3. Fold some pearl Flashabou and tie it in.
  4. Tie in a light pink saddle hackle flat, then pink Flashabou.
  5. Tie in an olive flat-wing saddle hackle, each feather slightly longer than the one before, then olive Flashabou on top.
  6. Tie in Bill's Body Braid, add a little super glue, and wrap it forward leaving room at the head.
  7. Tie in a sparse bunch of white bucktail as the throat, keeping it see-through.
  8. Tie in pink bucktail on top, then more white on the throat.
  9. Tie in dark olive bucktail on top, kept sparse; add a little more on top to even it out.
  10. Add peacock herl on top, with its natural curve facing downwards.
  11. Whip finish.
  12. Stick a pair of stick-on eyes at the head, apply a thin coat of UV resin to just cover the back of the eyes, and cure with a light for 15 to 20 seconds, rotating the fly.

Other versions

1 more in the app: As tied by Rupert Harvey Flies (white, lavender and tan).

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