Doug, You can tie one for me at the Sowbug. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Dr. Doug Miller" wrote:
> Thanks for asking, Joyce. Here is "my" secret - which > usually means I have discovered what others have been > doing for decades. Almost always, I use a brass bead head > and a 9672 hook. Favorite sizes are 12 - 14. Step 1 - > When I tie in the marabou, I use the tip of the marabou > FIRST; measuring it to be just a little longer than the > hook shank. I tie that in with two wraps and cut the > marabou feather just ahead of the wrap.Sept 2 - I take a > piece of krystal flash, either to match the marabou or > rainbow AND a half-piece of red krystal flash. I have > found that by using a half-strand, doubling the piece and > cutting it, and doubling it again and cutting it, it is > just about twice the length I need. I use half as much > red as the other color.Step 3 - I measure half the krystal > flash and tie it in ON TOP of the marabou; fold over the > other half and tie it in ON TOP.Step 4 - I cut marabou > from the stem of the feather I used in Step 1. I use a > very generous amount of marabou - probably twice as much > as others because it is usually the first to get eaten off > the bugger.The rest of the bugger is exactly the way you > would normally tie it. The secret - if there is one - is > that I layer the marabou. Starting from the shank and > moving upward: marabou tip, krystal flash, more marabou. > This keeps the krystal flash inside the marabou and is a > "hint" of flash rather than a bold flash. If I am fishing > subsurface, this is the very first fly I will try. It > works about as well as dynamite or a crank phone around > here! I will be glad to send you one. Send me your > address. Doug
