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Baby Complex Twist

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Largemouth Bass · Intermediate · 3 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Streamer hook (Gamakatsu B10S), #6
  • Thread Olive (or to match) 6/0

Materials

  • Marabou or hen saddle Olive marabou (1 sparse clump (tail))
  • Krystal Flash Pearl flashabou (few strands)
  • Hen saddle feather Olive schlappen or saddle hackle (1 (twist body))
  • Spey chickabou Olive marabou (1 (twist body))

How to tie it

  1. Start thread and tie in a sparse marabou tail off the bend about one shank long, with a few strands of flash.
  2. Tie in a hen saddle feather and a strand of chickabou together at the base of the tail. Bundling two soft feathers is what makes the 'complex twist.'
  3. Fold the feathers into a dubbing loop (or the thread) and spin them into a shaggy rope.
  4. Wrap the twisted rope forward in touching turns to the eye, stroking the fibers back after each wrap so they sweep rearward; tie off.
  5. Sweep all the fibers back, build a small thread head, whip finish and cement.

Other versions

2 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie, Gray.

Tying videos

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