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Bear Bones

Streamer · Trout · Intermediate · 2 versions

Savage Flies dressing

  • Hook 3x long streamer, 6
  • Thread Black

Materials

  • Tail Bear fur, cinnamon
  • Body Medium wire, red and silver
  • Wing Bear fur, cinnamon

How to tie it

  1. Start the black thread near the middle of the shank and wrap back to the start of the bend.
  2. Tie in a tuft of cinnamon bear fur at the bend for the tail with a few wraps. Bind the butts forward with loose wraps to bulk up the underbody, add a couple of tight wraps, and snip the excess.
  3. Catch in one strand each of medium red and silver wire near the front and bind them back to the tail, keeping the two strands parallel so the underbody stays smooth.
  4. With the thread hanging at the front, wrap both wires forward together as one two-tone body, keeping the colour order the same all the way up. A little black thread showing between turns is fine.
  5. Secure the wire ends at the front with tight wraps; medium wire takes more than brassie does to lock down. Helicopter the ends off and bury any sharp nubs with a few loose wraps.
  6. Move the thread slightly back and tie in a second tuft of cinnamon bear fur about the same size as the tail for the wing, pulling out the heavy underfur first, reaching back to the tip of the tail. Cord the thread clockwise for a tighter bite on the first couple of wraps, then let it flatten and add a few wraps forward.
  7. Snip the wing butts at an angle so the head tapers, then ramp thread over them from the front back to form a bullet head.
  8. Whip finish and coat the head with head cement or UV resin.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Tyer Recipe.

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