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Flymen Fishing Co. dressing
Hook Kona Big Game Hunter, 6
Thread 6/0
Materials
Tail Mini Marabou, black + Hackle, Indian Hen Saddle
Body H20 Streamer Brush
Body Hackle, Indian Hen Saddle
Shank 5 Fish-Skull Articulated Fish-Spine, 15 mm
Eyes Dumbell
Head H20 Streamer Brush + Hackle, Indian Hen Saddle
How to tie it
Mount the Kona Big Game Hunter #6 and start the 6/0. Use only the front quarter of the shank and keep this tail section short. Tie in a black Hackle, Indian Hen Saddle by the tip, starting with a feather from the bottom of the patch; each section forward moves up a row, which builds the taper. Wrap it, sweeping the fibers back, and tie off.
Open an 8 mm Articulated Micro-Spine: push a bodkin through the rear opening, get a fingernail under it and spring it just enough to slide over the hook eye, then close it. The triangular rear opening is what closes up the gaps between sections so the fly reads as one body. Mount the shank in the vise.
Tie the 1/2 inch H20 Streamer Brush in at the back of the shank and wrap forward in open, not-too-tight turns, folding the fibers back as you go. Leave room at the head and trim the excess. Comb the fuzz out at the base so every fiber sweeps rearward, then a touch of UV resin over the thread wraps.
Add the second 8 mm shank and re-tie the brush, a little denser than the last. Stop about an eye-length behind the eye and tie off; that gap is your room for the hackle. Tie the next row up of Hackle, Indian Hen Saddle in by the tip (tied by the tip the fibers stand up and wrap back cleanly; tied by the butt they lie down), wrap, and sweep back. The webby hen fibers block and divert water round the core, which is where the swimming action comes from.
Third 8 mm shank: same brush, denser again. Tighter wraps pulled harder down on the wire let you pack more turns on the shank. Stop an eye-length back, then another row up of Hackle, Indian Hen Saddle.
Fourth 8 mm shank: brush denser still, then the hen saddle. Comb out the underfur.
Mount the 15 mm Fish-Skull Articulated Fish-Spine flipped so the fly rides hook-up, with the join where the shanks meet on the underside. Start thread and close off the rear gap. Seat a small Dumbell: wraps pulled toward the back, figure-8, then up under, behind and forward, and figure-8 again. Reinforce with thread and bring the thread back about a quarter of the way up the rear opening for more material room.
Bind the brush in on top and leave it hanging (don't trim it). Take the thread back, tie in and wrap a Hackle, Indian Hen Saddle collar, tie off and sweep back. Add two black-barred olive silicone legs per side and trim.
Wrap the brush three or four turns forward and tie off, then one more hen saddle collar, two feathers this time for density up front.
Figure-8 the brush around the Dumbell (over, under, back over, back under), forcing the fibers back, then several tight turns forward, pulling the fibers back each turn, to make the head as full as possible. Whip finish. Trim the legs to match on each side, about halfway down the body.
Other versions
4 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 1, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 2, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 3, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 4.