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Tying Instructions:
1. Start the thread on the hook at about two eye
lengths back, wrapping to the bend.
2. Wrap a small ball of dubbing near the hook
bend. This will be used to keep the tails separate.
3. Select two porcupine quills to use as tails and
trim the sharp points for safety reasons.
4. Bind one quill to the far side of the hook and
then bind the other quill to the near side, trying to keep the quill points
even.
5. Bind both quills securely, just tight enough to
secure and that they take the shape of the hook and should be positioned on the
sides of the dubbing ball to keep them separate.
6. Secure the D-Rib to the far side of the
hook. (This will increase the width of the fly to make it look more
natural.)
7. Run a fine bead of super glue on top of
the hook and let it dry. This will secure the quills and d-rib so they
won't migrate around the hook.
8. When the super glue is nearly dry, tie in the
swiss straw on top of the hook. The super glue will secure this too, if it
hasn't fully dried yet.
9. Secure a strand of 4lb-test monofilament line to
the top of the hook.
10. Using the black dubbing you started with, dub a
short section of the body.
11. Finish the body with orange dubbing to about 1/3
shank length back from eye.
12. After you have the body dubbed, pull the swiss
straw over the body and secure it.
13. Use the monofilament to rib the swiss straw down
securely. This will keep the swiss straw from turning on the hook
and give the body a firm foundation to wrap the D-Rib
around.
14. The body should now be firm and there should be
a defined line of dark material on top and lighter material underneath.
15. Wrap the D-Rib around the body to give
it a "ribbing" effect. This will produce the segmented body and
translucent look.
16. Select 3 pheasant body feathers that are about
the same size. Hen saddle feathers or grouse feathers will also work as
long as the fibers of the feather are long and straight.
17. Strip the fuzz from the feathers and dye them
black. (I used a black Sharpie.) Once you have the feathers
dyed, coat them with some sort of plastic or acrylic coating like "Anglers
Choice Soft Body" or "Dave's Flexament" and set them aside to dry.
18. Prepare a set of eyes. You can melt
monofilament if you want, or use black plastic craft beads that come on a
string. Whatever you heart desires. I used "Hareline Black Mono
Nymph Eyes" size: small.
19. Secure the eyes to the hook, about an eyewidth
back from the eye of the hook, with a series of figure 8 wraps and glue them
down with super glue so they won't turn on the
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