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Egan's Red Dart

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Tyer Recipe

  • Hook Jig nymph hook (Hanak 400), 14
  • Thread Red 70 denier (UTC)

Materials

  • Slotted tungsten bead Gold bead (2.8 mm)
  • Lead wire n/a (.015, 8-10 wraps)
  • Rooster saddle hackle fibers Bright red rooster saddle hackle fibers (tail)
  • Tippet material Clear head cement (6X rib)
  • Sulky tinsel Pearl/silver metallic sulky tinsel (rib)
  • Ice Dub Peacock ice dub (body)
  • Hen hackle Furnace / brown hen hackle (soft-hackle collar)
  • Ice Dub UV pink ice dub (hot-spot collar)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the 2.8 mm gold slotted bead onto the hook, add 8-10 wraps of.015 lead wire, and slide the lead into the bead; pinch it in place.
  2. Start red thread behind the lead, build a small ramp to lock the lead into the bead, then wrap through and over the lead to secure it.
  3. Tie in a tail of about 15-20 bright red hackle fibers at the bend, roughly half a shank-length long; trim the butts.
  4. Tie in a strand of 6X tippet and a strand of pearl Sulky tinsel at the bend for two ribs.
  5. Dub a slim peacock Ice Dub body forward almost to the bead.
  6. Counter-wrap the Sulky tinsel forward over the body to lock the dubbing, then wrap the 6X tippet forward the opposite way (counter to the tinsel) to reinforce it; tie off and trim both.
  7. Tie in a furnace hen hackle by the tip, wrap it twice for a soft-hackle collar, stroke the fibers back, and secure.
  8. Dub a tiny bit of UV pink Ice Dub between the collar and bead as a hot spot, whip finish with the red thread, and clip.

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