Archive for December, 2008

Marabou Magnum »

Hook: Size 1/0 to 4/0 long shank streamer hook
of your choice.
Ribbing/body: Light copper wire (This one uses fire orange)
Tail: Black, red and yellow saddles.
Top body: Black, red and yellow marabou.
Thread: Yellow Big Fly Thread.

Start with tying on the saddles of the three different colors for the tail.
Then tie on the wire and keep it back from the main body of the fly.
Tie on your first marabou piece back to the wire and begin to wrap the wire around the hook about two wraps behind the first piece of marabou, then about 4 wraps ahead of it. ( Varnish thread with each step)
Then tie in your second marabou of a different color and wrap it tight at the wire.
Again wrap the wire about four wraps in front of the marabou.
Repeat the process with alternating colors until you are at the front of the hook.
Tie off the last feather clump at the front and your done.

Note: When tying in the marabou, make sure to firmly pinch the feathers and tie down firmly on top of the hook shank. This makes sure the feathers don’t flare to the sides.
Instead of tying the wire down with each of the consecutive wraps, I snap small vice grips to the end of the wire and let the wire hang tight while i tie in my next piece of feather.
This assures that the wire will remain tight while I tie on my next piece of feather.
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And A Happy New Year »

hook: mustad 9672 size 10 to 2
tail: yellow hackle
body: red floss
rib: gold tinsel
beard: yellow hackle
underwing: white bucktail
overwing: gray hackle and peacock

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Shrimpo »

Hook: saltwater or streamer size 10 to 2/0
tail: slinky fibers with flash siliconed at base
eyes: mono
body: SLF or similar dubbing
shellback: Scud Back or plastic freezer bag piece
weight: lead wire

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S.H.W.D (Soft-Hackle Willowfly Dry) »

Hook: dry fly size 12 to 10
Tail: Grizzly hackle fibers
Body: Stripped grizzly hackle stem
Hackle: Grizzly and a soft-hackle (in this case pheasant)

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Orange Iron »

hook: wet fly
tail: golden pheasant tippets
body: SLF dubbing
rib: gold tinsel
1st hackle: orange
2nd hackle: mallard feather 2-3 turns

tie in the tail, then the rib, then dub the body, then wrap the rib, wind 1st hackle, then 2nd hackle, whip finish
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Slow-Bite Jig (S.B.J) »

Jig style hook, Brass Eyes, Bucktail, Lt. Blue Mirage Flashabou, Black EP Fibers

eyes, bucktail, flash, EP, whip finish
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Gummi minnow ^^ »

Mustad saltwater# 1
Crystal skin Pearlescent
3D eyes
small pearl Mylar Tubing
Monofilament orange
Angel hair

see pic ^ ^

thanks ” FST “
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March Brown Emerger »

Hook: Mustad 37160
Thread: 8/0 Brown
Tails: Golden Pheasant Tail
Abdomen: Amber Super Fine Dubbing, Golden Pheasant Tail
Post: Foam
Hackle: Brown
Legs: Golden Pheasant Tail
Thorax: Olive/Brown Super Fine, Amber Super Fine
Wing: Deer Hair

tie like any other dry fly/emerger. Stack the hackle
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HOTLIPS »

FL PINK THREAD
1/8 OZ EYE
PINK CHENILE
CHARTRUESE CHENILE
CHARTRUES MARIBOU
PINK BUCK TAIL
CHARTRUESE BUCK TAIL
CHARTRUESE FLASH

TIE ON THE MARIBOU AT BOTTOM OF HOOK BEFORE THE ARC OF THE HOOK, TIE ON THE CHENILE WRAPPING BOTH COLORS AT THE SAME TIME, THEN TIE ON THE EYE, THEN TIE ON BOTH COLORS OF BUCKTAIL AT THE SAME TIME ALONG WITH THE CHARTRUESE FLASH.
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Galician Swimming Damsel »

-Hook: Swimming nymph hook, or long one (you could bend it a little bit by yourself ).

-Eyes: Bead chain eyes (mono eyes could be great too, but less weight!)

-Tail: Marabou

-Body: Marabou wrapped along with copper wire.

-Thorax/head: Fluffly bright dubbing, I used angora + antron, but others could be great substitutes.

-Wingcase: Turkey, apply some flex coat before and trim in V shape.

-Legs: marabou.

Use a slightly weighted hook, swimming nymph or extra large and slightly bent. Secure the eyes with some cement. Put some fluffy marabou tips for the tail, secure the wire piece and build a marabou thin body… apply some dubbing for the thorax, more bulky than the body. Secure the turkey feathers (apply them some flexible cement or laquer and trim in a V shape), go on with the thorax and some more marabou for the legs, finish the wingcase, whip finish, cement and voilá! Easy as hell!
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