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King Prince

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Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

InTheRiffle dressing

  • Hook Tiemco 3761, 8-18
  • Thread Red Veevus 8/0

Materials

  • Bead 5/64" to 7/64" Gold Cyclops Bead
  • Weight 020 or .025 Lead Wire
  • Tail Brown goose biots
  • Ribbing Small or Medium Silver Tinsel
  • Body Peacock herl
  • Collar Brown India Hen Back or Natural Partridge
  • Wings White goose biots

How to tie it

  1. Wrap 10-12 turns of lead-free wire over the mid-shank of this oversized hook and start the thread over it to lock it in place.
  2. Tie in two brown goose biots at the bend, splayed into a V as tails, one hook-gap long.
  3. Bind in the flat gold tinsel rib, then twist 4-6 strands of peacock herl into a rope and wrap a full, plump body forward to the 80% mark.
  4. Spiral the gold tinsel forward in 4-5 even turns over the herl body and tie off, the rib both segments and armors the fragile herl.
  5. Wind a brown soft-hackle collar of 2-3 turns and sweep the fibers back and down as a throat/legs.
  6. Tie two white goose biots flat over the back in a shallow V, tips reaching about to the hook point. The signature Prince wing.
  7. Build a neat head, whip finish, and cement.

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