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Electric Prince-Beadhead

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Reference Recipe

  • Hook 2XL curved nymph hook, #12-#16
  • Thread Black 8/0

Materials

  • Bead Gold bead (1 tungsten, sized to hook)
  • Tail Brown permanent marker (2 goose biots, split into a V)
  • Body Peacock ice dub (3-4 peacock herls)
  • Rib Pearl anti static bag strip (Fine flat tinsel, 4 turns)
  • Flash Chartreuse angel hair (2-3 strands Krystal Flash under the wing)
  • Hackle Brown hackle (1 hen or soft rooster feather)
  • Wings White uni stretch (2 goose biots tied flat in a V over the back)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the gold bead to the eye, mount the hook, and start thread at the bend.
  2. Tie in two brown biots splayed into a short V tail, no longer than half a shank.
  3. Bind in the pearl tinsel rib, then twist the peacock herls into a rope and wrap a plump body to just behind the bead.
  4. Counter-wrap the pearl rib forward in 4 open turns for flash and durability, and tie off.
  5. Wrap two or three soft brown hackle turns as a collar and sweep the fibers back under the shank.
  6. Lay 2-3 strands of chartreuse flash flat over the back, then top them with two white biots tied in a shallow V as wings, tips reaching the body's midpoint.
  7. Whip finish behind the bead.

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