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Tying Instructions:
1) Secure the thread to the
shank just behind the eye and wrap back to the bend. Unwind
the thread so it lays flat and smooth. At the bend, tie in
a bundle of sandy dun hackle fibers, preferably from the
soft and webby portion near the base of the saddle feather.
Lash the butt ends to the top of the shank, maintaining the
smooth foundation up to about 1/3 the shank behind the eye.
Clip any excess.
2) Lash the copper wire to the
far side of the shank, wrapping smoothly back to the bend.
The excess should extend out beyond the bend to be wound
later. Wrap the thread forward again.
3) Tie in a four inch section
of floss on the front 1/3 of the shank. Smooth the floss by
stroking it gently away from the hook. Wrap this back to
the bend in smooth touching turns, maintaining tension and
realigning the strands by stroking again every other turn or
so. Reverse and wrap back up the shank to the tying thread,
tie off, and clip the excess.
4) Spiral the copper ribbing
forward over the floss on open spirals. Tie off at the
thread and clip the excess.
5) Form a
dubbing loop
with the tying thread, then tie in three or four peacock
herls by their tips. Stroke the herls so the tiny fibers
stand out from the stem, then hold these all together with
the dubbing loop and twist to form a rope. A hackle pliers
can assists in this. Bring the tying thread up to one hook
eye width behind the eye. Wrap the peacock herl rope
forward to the thread and tie off on the side (near or far
side) of the shank. Clip the excess.
6) Clip a bundle of sandy dun
hackle fibers similar to the tail and use the "pinch-loop"
method to tie these in on the underside of the hook just in
front of the peacock. The tips should almost reach the hook
point. Use very fine scissors to clip the excess.
7) Clip a segment each from a
matching pair of ringneck hen pheasant wing quills. The
width should be about 3/4 the hook gap. Measure for length
so the tips of the wings reach the middle of the tail then
tie in on top of the shank. Using a pinch-loop method while
pushing the wings down onto the shank helps tie these in
uniformly. Clip the excess close and cover any exposed ends
with the tying thread. Build up a small head with the
thread and whip finish. Cement well.
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