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Brent's UV Coho Special

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Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Gamakatsu T10-6H salmon, 6X heavy, 4
  • Thread Black 6/0

Materials

  • Laser Wrap Fluorescent red laser wrap (1/4 inch strip (body))
  • Wire, fine Bright silver wire (1 length (dubbing loop core))
  • UV Ice Dub Dun uv ice dub (Small amount (underbody veil))
  • UV Polar Chenille Silver uv polar chenille (1 turn (collar))
  • Polar Chenille Silver/royal blue (1 turn (front collar))
  • Guinea hackle (optional) Natural partridge (1 turn (throat))
  • Solarez UV resin Clear uv resin (Head coat)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base to the bend.
  2. Cut a quarter-inch strip of fluorescent red Laser Wrap on an angle, tie it in at the bend and bind it down very well.
  3. Wrap the strip forward in overlapping turns for a slim, bright body, keeping clear of the hook point; tie it down with plenty of turns near the front.
  4. Tie in the fine silver wire and half-hitch (a dubbing loop works if you don't have a rotary vise).
  5. Load UV dun Ice Dub into the wire or loop, spin lightly, and tease the long fibers out downward; wrap so a soft veil hangs beneath and around the body, toning down the red. Tie off.
  6. Take one turn only of silver UV Polar Chenille, sweeping the fibers back; tie down carefully. Don't cut the core string too close or it unravels.
  7. Take one turn of the silver/royal blue Polar Chenille in front, fibers preened back; secure it well.
  8. Optionally add a turn of guinea beneath as a throat for a dressier salmon-fly look.
  9. Build a small head, whip finish, coat with Solarez and cure; then work the trapped fibers free with a bodkin and brush everything back.

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