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Alvaro´s Shoelaces »

Hook: size 12
thread: brown 6/0
eyes: a couple of chain balls (black painted)
weigth: lead wire .20
under body: thread brow 6/0
tail: brown marabou
legs: brown saddle
wingcase: brown shoelace

1.Place a couple of chaineyes, let 3 mm before hook eye and secure
2.weigth with 12 turns of lead wire, stop just back the eyes (chain), secure the wire
3.put a marabou feather like tail and make a underbody
4.Take a shoelace measure from back chain eyes to gap, trim and secure on gap (let handing)
5.place a saddle feather just in middle of shank and wraped, tie and secure before chain eyes
6.pull the shoelace to front secure just before chain eyes, tie verywell
7.make a thread head, nude final,cement and ready
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TIGRILLO FLY »

HOOK: SIZE 10
THREAD: BLACK 6/0
WEIGTH: LEAD WIRE .20
LEGS: TIGRILLO HAIR (MOUNTAIN CAT)
BODY: BLACK THREAD
RIB: FINE GOLD WIRE
TAIL: BLACK MARABOU FEATHER
SHELLBACK: PHAISANT TAIL FEATHER

1. WIEGTH THE HOOK WITH LEAD WIRE 15 TURNS, LET A SPACE OF 3 MM BEFORE HOOKEYE
2. TIE A MARABOU FEATHER ON THE GAP
3. TIE A FINE GOLD WIRE TO RIB
4. MAKE A UNDERBODY WITH BLACK THREAD JUST AT MIDDLE OF SHANK
5. WRAP THE GOLD WIRE MAKE 4 RIBS, SECURE AND TRIM EXCEES
6. PUT A PHAISANT FEATHER ON THE MIDDLE OF SHANK, SECURE AND CUT EXCEES
7. MAKE A LOOP WITH THE TIGRILLO HAIR AND WRAP JUST 4 ROUNDS, SECURE AND CUT
8. PULL THE PHAISANT FEATHER TO FRONT, SECURE BEFORE HOOKEYE, MAKE A FINAL NUDE, CUT, CEMENT AND READY
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CAMARON/SHRIMP »

HOOK: SIZE 10
THREAD: WHITE 6/0
WEIGTH: LEAD WIRE .15
EYES: A COUPLE OF CHAIN BALLS
LEGS: TIPS OF WHITE HEN HACKLE
ANTENNAE: TIPS OF WHITE HEN HACKLE
BODY: SCUD BACK 1/8″ CLEAR
UNDERBODY: SYNTETIC WHITE DUBBING

1.PLACE A HOOK SIZE 10 ON VISE
2.PUT A COUPLE OF BALLS CHAIN, LET IT A 3 MM BEFORE EYE HOOK
3.PLACE LEAD WIRE JUST 5 TURNS
4. CUT 5 MM SCUD BACK AND SHAPE THE TAIL, SECURE ON THE GAP
5.PLACE A TRIP OF SCUD BACK AND SECURE ON THE GAP (FINAL OF SHANK)
6.MADE A DUBBING LOOP AND COVER OF GAP TO CHAIN EYES
7.PUT A FEATHER OF HACKLE ON THE LEAD WIRE AND WRAP AROUND
8.MAKE THE BODY SEGMENTS WITH SCUD BACK, BE CAREFULLY DON´T COVER THE HACKLE
9.PULL A COUPLE OF HACKLE TIPS TO MAKE THE ANTENNAE
10.COVER THE EYES WITH THE SCUD BACK
11.FINAL NUDE, AND READY
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