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Thread: Fine black thread like Gudibroad 10/0. This is very important with small sizes
Beadhead: Spirit River Gold or Copper bead, smallest two sizes
Hook: Nymph Hook or Scud Hook sizes 16-22
Ribbing: Fine Copper wire
Tail and Body: 3 to 6 Pheasant tail segments depending on size of fly
Thorax: Peacock Herl, sized to fit the fly
Directions: Pinch barb, slide on bead, attach copper wire tied down to the bend of hook.
Attach PT fiber tail with two or three wraps AT THE BEND OF THE HOOK. Lift the butt fibers and wrap thread underneath up to the bead. Then take the butts and wrap toward the bead to form the body. The number of over wraps will determine thickness. I like a skinny body. Next rib with copper wire to secure body. Then tie in herl and wrap to form thorax. It is important to size the herl, especially in small sizes. Sometimes, if I am in the mood, I will add a bit of fur from the ear of a Hare's mask with the herl, but I can't say it makes the fly any better.
This is my number one fly. If you happened to look at the other albums associated with the web page above, you'll find a bunch of Yellowstone cutthroat caught on a size 16 version of this fly during the callibaetis hatch at Yellowstone lake. Go to
http://community.webshots.com/photo/232383/51614654JVrWui
and you should see a nice brown with this fly in his mouth.
Tom Davenport
On Dec 30, 2003, at 6:46 PM, mark romero wrote:
VERY nice Joyce. I LOVE that name. LOL. I was thinking to tye in the K.F. and make a loop with it. Sound good? mark
From: "Joyce Westphal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VFB] BWO question Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:30:21 -0700
That copper body, soft hackle "copper John" fishes wonderfully, here we call it a "copper Joyce" and tie it with both peacock ( with a bit of Krystal flash in the middle with the peacock wound around it) or with plain old peacock dubbing, enhanced with UV dub and tied spun with the Krystal flash. It is very effective in the mini sizes..a shrimp type hook in size 18-20 really catches nice browns on the Provo. Joyce
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