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Muddler Daddy

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Klinkhamer / curved sedge, 10-12
  • Thread Brown 8/0

Materials

  • Pearl tinsel Pearl mylar tinsel (1 strand for rib)
  • Hare's ear dubbing Natural hare s ear dubbing (thin body)
  • Pheasant tail fibers, knotted Natural pheasant tail fibers (6-8, for legs)
  • Deer hair Natural deer hair (1 clump for head)

How to tie it

  1. Start the thread and tie in a strand of pearl tinsel at the bend to hang for the rib.
  2. Dub a slim hare's ear body forward, stopping at the 65% mark to leave room for the head.
  3. Counter-wrap the pearl tinsel forward in four or five open turns as a rib, tie off and clip.
  4. Tie in six to eight knotted pheasant tail fibers as trailing daddy-longlegs legs, splayed back and out around the body.
  5. Cut, clean and stack a clump of deer hair; lay it across the shank at the front, take two soft turns and pull tight so it spins and flares into a collar.
  6. Pack the deer hair back tight, whip finish at the eye and cement.
  7. Trim the deer hair to a muddler head, flat underneath and rounded on top, leaving a few tips as a collar.

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