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Fox N Chicken

Streamer · Salmon/Steelhead · Steelhead · Salmon · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Streamer/shank, straight eye, #2-#6
  • Thread Black 6/0

Materials

  • Tail/Body Pink ears (arctic fox tail hair)
  • Flash Pearl flashabou (6-8 strands Krystal Flash)
  • Collar Hot pink uni stretch (1 schlappen/rooster hackle)
  • Hackle Guinea (1 feather)
  • Bead/Cone Silver bead (1, at head)

How to tie it

  1. Slide a cone to the eye and mount the hook or shank, starting thread mid-shank.
  2. Stack a sparse clump of arctic fox tail and tie it in reaching about a shank-and-a-half for a flowing wing.
  3. Split a few strands of Krystal Flash over the top so a little sparkle rides through the fur.
  4. Tie in a hot-pink schlappen by the tip and wrap a soft, mobile collar in 3-4 turns.
  5. Follow with a guinea feather palmered once or twice for barred speckling and sweep the fibers rearward.
  6. Whip finish behind the cone and seat the cone against the thread dam.

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