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The

  • Hook Mustad 3399 (standard wet fly hook), #12
  • Thread Black 6/0 waxed

Materials

  • Golden pheasant dyed hackle fibers (tail and throat) Red and yellow, blended half and half (Two small blended bunches)
  • Mylar tinsel (body) Gold mylar tinsel (One length (gold one side, silver the other))
  • Wire (counter-rib) Gold, fine (One length)
  • Mallard flank (wing) Bronze mallard flank (One generous slip, folded)
  • UV resin (head) Clear (Solarez Bone Dry) (A drop)

How to tie it

  1. Start the black waxed thread and take it back to the bend.
  2. Blend a small bunch of red and a small bunch of yellow golden pheasant fibers half-and-half, clip the tips even, and tie them in as a tail about the length of the body; bind the butts down evenly along the shank.
  3. Tie in the fine gold wire at the bend for the counter-rib.
  4. Tie in the mylar tinsel at the front of the body with the silver side up so the gold side shows when you wrap, then wind it back to the tail and forward again in tight overlapping turns, each turn overlapping the last so no gaps show, and tie it off.
  5. Reverse-wrap the fine gold wire forward over the tinsel body in open turns to reinforce it, and tie it off.
  6. Blend another small bunch of red and yellow golden pheasant fibers, clip them so they reach about to the hook point, and tie them in underneath as a throat.
  7. Take a generous slip of bronze mallard flank, strip the weak fibers off the base, and roll and fold it in your fingers so both sides of the feather show in the wing.
  8. Pinch the folded wing on top of the hook with thumb and forefinger, bring the thread up between your fingers, take a soft turn underneath and pull straight up to set the wing on top; add securing wraps and trim the butts.
  9. Whip finish a black head and finish it with a drop of UV resin for durability.

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