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Psycho Prince Tungsten Rubberleg

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Reference Recipe

Slotted tungsten bead Gold or copper slotted tungsten bead (1, sized to hook)
Goose biots (tail) Brown goose biots (2)
Ice Dub (abdomen) UV purple / wine / red (1 pinch)
Wire rib Silver wire (1 length, fine)
Rubber legs White / gray rubber legs (2 strands, fine)
Goose biots (wing) White goose biots (2)
Ice Dub (thorax) Peacock / black ice dub (1 pinch)

Slide a slotted tungsten bead to the eye and start the thread behind it.
Tie in two brown goose biots at the 75% mark, splayed into a shallow V tail.
Bind in a fine silver wire rib, then dub a slim Ice Dub abdomen over the rear two-thirds up to the 60% mark.
Counter-rib the wire forward over the abdomen in 4-5 open turns, tie off, snip.
Figure-8 one fine rubber leg on each side of the shank at the thorax so a pair kicks off each side.
Lay two white goose biots flat over the body as a V-wing reaching the abdomen midpoint; bind them in.
Dub a peacock Ice Dub thorax around the legs up to the bead; sweep the legs clear.
Whip finish behind the bead, cement.