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Brent's Deep Water Enticer

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Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Tiemco 3761 wet fly, 10
  • Thread Black 6/0 flat nylon

Materials

  • Lead wire (0.020", 10 wraps)
  • Uni Mylar #10 Copper/blue uni mylar (1 strand)
  • Semperfli Straggle String (UV core) Black estaz (1 length)
  • Semperfli extra-fine wire, 0.1mm Silver wire (1 length (dubbing brush))
  • Rabbit dubbing Black dubbing (small pinch)
  • Semperfli Ice Dub Black dubbing (small pinch)
  • Solarez Bone Dry UV resin Clear uv resin (2 thin coats)

How to tie it

  1. Take 10 wraps of 0.020 lead wire from mid-shank to the front third. This balances the fly so it rides level rather than jigging. Lock the lead down with thread and smooth the underbody.
  2. Tie in the copper/blue Uni Mylar at the rear (no tail on the nymph version of the Enticer) along with the black Straggle String.
  3. Wrap the Mylar forward, copper side out, stopping to leave roughly the front quarter of the shank clear for the thorax. Tie off.
  4. Coat the tinsel body with Solarez and cure it with the UV light so the body is rock solid.
  5. Spiral the Straggle String forward over the body as a rib, tie it off at the thorax, and sweep the straggle fibres back out of the way.
  6. Tie in the 0.1mm silver wire, folding the tag back over itself so it cannot pull out. Lay black rabbit dubbing along the thread with a pinch of black Ice Dub on the outside, trap it under the wire, and spin the wire into a dubbing brush (a dubbing loop or dubbing block works the same). A touch of dubbing wax on the wire keeps fibres from sliding out.
  7. Comb the brush out with an old toothbrush, then wrap it as a buggy collar over the front quarter, teasing the fibres back with each turn so the Ice Dub peeks through.
  8. Tie off the wire, whip finish, comb the collar back once more, and coat the head with Solarez, keeping the eye clear.

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