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CJ Jig Copper TB

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Reference Recipe

  • Hook Jig nymph hook (e.g. Hanak H450 BL Jig), 14-16
  • Thread Beige 18/0 (Nanosilk)

Materials

  • Slotted tungsten bead Black bead (2.3mm)
  • Lead-free wire (.015, ~5 wraps)
  • Pheasant tail fibers Natural pheasant tail fibers (4)
  • Copper wire (medium)
  • Pearl tinsel Ice blue (medium)
  • Swiss straw Brown permanent marker
  • Dubbing Dark peacock/black mix
  • UV resin

How to tie it

  1. Slide a 2.3mm black slotted tungsten bead onto a size 16 jig hook. Add about five wraps of.015 lead-free wire behind the bead, squeeze the end and push it into the bead slot, then lock it with a tiny drop of superglue.
  2. Start beige 18/0 thread behind the wire and wrap a base down the shank to just before the bend.
  3. Align four natural pheasant-tail fibers and tie them in at the bend as a tail about a body-length long; bind the butts forward to the wire and break them off.
  4. Tie in a length of medium copper wire at the wire and bind it down to the tail tie-in point; add a drop of superglue and build a smooth thread taper from bend up to the wire.
  5. Wrap the copper wire forward in touching turns to the thread, leaving about one bare turn of hook behind the bead; tie off and helicopter the wire to break it.
  6. Brush a thin coat of UV resin over the copper body and cure it to lock in segmentation and durability.
  7. Behind the bead, tie in a doubled/folded strand of ice-blue pearl tinsel and a folded strip of brown Swiss straw on top of the shank, pointing rearward, for the thorax cover.
  8. Dub a thorax slightly thicker than the body with the dark peacock/black dubbing mix, stopping right behind the bead.
  9. Pull the Swiss straw forward, then the pearl tinsel over it, to form the wing case; tie both down behind the bead and clip closely.
  10. Whip finish, then coat the wing case and out onto the bead with UV resin and cure.

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