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Reference Recipe
Hook Articulated woolly bugger on a trailer-hitch system (Rivers Wild) with a metal cone head, 10 (rear hook)
Thread Red 6/0
Materials
Trailer hitch (size 10 back hook)
Marabou Olive marabou (tail)
UV pearl Krystal Flash
Copper wire (rib)
Crystal chenille Olive with purple flake (body)
Strung hackle Olive hackle
Metal cone head (front)
How to tie it
Start red thread at the midpoint of the back hook of the trailer-hitch system. Tie in an olive marabou tail on top, about a hook-length (a touch longer since the back hook is short); advance the thread forward to smooth the base and cover the butts.
Tie in two strands of UV pearl Krystal Flash on each side of the tail (fold each in half, tie in, and trim to tail length).
Tie in a length of copper wire along the side for the rib, folding the tag back over itself for security.
Strip the tip of the olive/purple-flake crystal chenille to expose the core, tie it in, and wrap it forward covering all the thread wraps; tie off and trim.
Tie in an olive strung hackle by the stem with the tip pointing rearward; take one full wrap in front of the eye then palmer it back to the tail. Hold it up and counter-wrap the copper wire forward through the hackle to lock it, wiggling to avoid trapping fibers; tie off the wire and trim.
Fold back the front hackle fibers, build a small thread head, and whip finish the back fly.
Mount the trailer-hitch bump-down in the vise, clamp it, add a drop of super glue, and repeat the marabou/chenille/hackle steps on the front hook (minus the Krystal Flash), finishing with the metal cone head at the front (the video cuts off mid front-section).