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Tyer Recipe
Hook 3X long down-eye streamer hook, #6 (range #4-8)
Thread Black 210 denier
Materials
Synthetic yarn (tail and gills) Red poly bear fibers (One three-strand length)
Wire (rib, optional) Gold (or colour to contrast) (One strand)
Mylar tinsel (body) Gold (gold one side, silver the other) (Size 14 (medium))
Hen hackle (beard) Brown hen hackle (One feather)
Indian saddle hackles (wing) Furnace / badger indian saddle hackles (2 feathers, dull sides together)
UV resin or head cement Clear uv resin (One drop)
How to tie it
Lay a thread base all the way back to the bend. Tie in the red synthetic yarn there, leaving a long tag out the back for the tail.
Bind the yarn forward and leave a long piece hanging out over the eye as well, that front piece folds back later for the gills. Wrap a smooth thread underbody forward, keeping the yarn on top of the shank and stopping a little closer to the eye than you think you need, or the head will end up out of proportion.
Tie the gold wire rib in at the rear, laid parallel along the near side of the shank, with a tight wrap or two at the back and open wraps forward.
Tie in the Mylar tinsel at the rear, gold side out, then take the thread forward in open wraps. Wind the tinsel forward in flat, slightly overlapping turns so no black shows through; tie it off at the front and trim.
Take one full turn of the wire at the rear then spiral it forward in open turns; secure it at the front, put tension on it and helicopter the tag off, then bury any sharp nub with thread.
Brush the rear yarn out with a dubbing brush or toothbrush and trim it short, leaving only a small sliver of a tail.
Unwind the three strands of the front yarn, snip out the top strand entirely, then pull the two remaining strands down along the sides as gills and trim them slightly longer than you want. They spring back when cut.
Tie in the brown hen hackle by the butt and take two careful turns (the stem is brittle); tie it off, trim, then sweep the fibres down and back with a few thread wraps to set them as a beard, splitting them on top.
Pair two furnace Indian saddle feathers dull sides together with the tips aligned, strip a few fibres off the bottom for a clean tie-in, measure the wing and set it on top with two loose wraps, check that it is standing vertical, then lock it in with tight wraps on top of the loose ones and trim the butts.
Build a small tapered head behind the eye, whip finish with four turns and coat with UV resin or head cement.