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Royal Prince-Beadhead

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Reference Recipe

  • Hook 1XL-2XL nymph hook, 12-16
  • Thread Black 8/0

Materials

  • Bead Gold bead (1, sized to hook)
  • Tail Brown goose biots (split) (2)
  • Rib Fine gold wire (1 strand)
  • Body Peacock herl / red floss / peacock herl (banded)
  • Wings White goose biots (2)
  • Hackle collar Brown hen (1 feather)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the gold bead to the eye; start thread behind it and wrap to the bend.
  2. Tie in two brown goose biots as a split tail, curving apart, half a shank long.
  3. Tie in fine gold wire at the tail.
  4. Wrap 2 peacock herls to the middle, tie in red floss and wrap a center band, then peacock again to behind the bead. A royal-banded peacock body.
  5. Counter-rib the gold wire forward in 4-5 turns and tie off.
  6. Tie in a brown hen hackle and take 2 turns as a collar; sweep the fibers back.
  7. Bind two white goose biots flat over the top in a shallow V as wings, tips toward the bend, right behind the bead.
  8. Whip finish behind the bead and cement.

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