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Lil Bit Craven

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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.

Charlie's Fly Box dressing

  • Hook Tiemco 3769, 12-18
  • Thread Rusty Brown Danville 6/0

Materials

  • Beads 2 Copper Tungsten Beads, 1/16″ for a #18, 5/64″ for the #16 and 3/32″ for the #14
  • Tail Mottled Brown Hen Saddle Fibers
  • Abdomen Tying thread
  • Rib Black 14/0 Veevus Thread
  • Wingcase Medium Opal Mirage Tinsel
  • Thorax Rusty Brown Superfine Dubbing
  • Legs Mottled Brown Hen Saddle Fibers
  • Coating Solarez thin hard UV resin

How to tie it

  1. Slide two olive tungsten beads onto the hook and start the Body Quill behind them with a jam knot.
  2. Wrap a smooth base to the bend and tie in a short brown hen/coq de Leon tail about half a shank long.
  3. Build a slightly tapered body of Body Quill forward from the tail base to the rear bead.
  4. Jump the quill over the rear bead and take a few wraps between the beads to separate and bulk them.
  5. Tie in a small bunch of brown hen fibers on each side between the beads as legs, reaching to about the hook point.
  6. Lock the legs with a single wrap each side, whip finish, and trim.
  7. Coat the top of the body with thin UV resin and cure, draw a black wingcase from the front bead back, then add a small bulbous resin bump over it and cure.

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