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Oil Slick Buzzer Opal/Red

Midge · Trout · Intermediate · 3 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Curved buzzer/grub hook, 12-16
  • Thread Red 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Holographic tinsel body Opal / oil-slick (1 strand)
  • Holographic tinsel rib Red holographic tinsel (1 strand)
  • Antron breathers White/pearl antron breathers (small pinch)
  • Thread Red thread (as needed)
  • UV resin Clear uv resin (thin coat)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a smooth thread base from behind the eye down and well around the bend, stopping opposite the barb; buzzers ride deep, so carry the body low down the bend.
  2. Catch in the opal oil-slick tinsel at the rear, then a strand of red holographic tinsel for the rib.
  3. Wind the thread forward to the 80% mark in flat touching turns for a slim, even underbody.
  4. Wrap the opal tinsel forward in touching turns to the 80% mark and tie off; the flat tinsel gives the oil-slick shine.
  5. Counter-wrap the red rib in 4-5 open, evenly spaced turns for a segmented red flash, then tie off and snip both materials.
  6. Tie in two short stubs of white antron as breathers, one each side behind the eye, none longer than a hook gap.
  7. Build a small red thread collar, whip finish, then coat the whole body and collar with a thin layer of UV resin and cure for the glassy buzzer sheen.

Other versions

2 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 1, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 2.

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