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Millenium Prince-Beadhead

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Reference Recipe

  • Hook 1X-2X long nymph hook, 10-16
  • Thread black 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Bead Gold bead (1, sized to hook)
  • Lead-free wire Silver lead free wire (8-10 turns)
  • Goose biots (tail) Brown goose biots (2)
  • Peacock herl (body) Natural peacock herl (3-4 strands)
  • Pearl flash/tinsel (rib) Pearl flashabou (1 strand)
  • Hen hackle (collar) Brown hen hackle (1 feather)
  • Goose biots (wings) White goose biots (2)

How to tie it

  1. Slide a gold bead to the eye and add 8-10 wraps of lead-free wire behind it, shoving them up into the bead.
  2. Start the thread and tie in two brown goose biots at the bend, splayed into a short V-tail one gap long.
  3. Tie in a strand of pearl flash and 3-4 peacock herls; wrap the herl forward as a plump body to just behind the bead and bind off.
  4. Counter-wrap the pearl flash forward in 4-5 open turns for a flashy segmented rib, then bind and snip, this pearl rib is the 'Millennium' upgrade over the plain Prince.
  5. Tie in a brown hen hackle by the tip and take 2 turns for a soft collar; sweep the fibers back and bind them down.
  6. Tie two white goose biots flat on top in a V, curving out over the body and reaching about the hook point.
  7. Build a small thread head against the bead, whip finish and cement.

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