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| Fly recipe Hook: 3X Long Nymph (Dai Riki #730) Thread: 6/0 Uni Thread Tail: Pheasant Tail Fibers Abdomen: Peacock Herl Thorax: Peacock Herl Wingcase: Black Krystal Flash Legs: Black Krystal Flash Ribbing: Red Wire Bead: Black Cyclops Bead Tying instructions: Step 1: Secure your hook in the vise and attach the thread to the hook. Step 2: Wrap the thread to the back of the hook and tie in a small clump of 6-8 pheasant tail fibers. You can either clip these off right after the tie in if you want a slim body, or tie them down and build up your abdomen. Step 3: Now tie in your wire and roughly 10 strands of krystal flash at the back of the hook. Step 4: Now tie in 10 strands or so of peacock herl, enough to cover the entire hook and create a thicker thorax. Wrap the peacock herl 2/3 of the way up the hook and tie off here, but don't clip, you are going to use this again for the thorax. Step 5: Now bring the krystal flash over the top of the peacock herl and tie down at the 2/3 point but don't trim it off yet. Step 6: Now counterwrap the wire over top of the peacock and krystal flash and secure at the 2/3 point and break off the wire. Step 7: Take 1 krystal flash strand on both sides of the fly and tie these facing backwards, these will form the legs. Step 8: Now wrap the remaining portion of the peacock herl for the thorax, leaving it looking bigger than the abdomen and finish this off behind the bead. Step 9: Next pull the remaining krystal flash over the top of the peacock herl and tie off behind the bead, here you will again take 1 krystal flash strand on both sides of the fly and face these backwards and tie down, and take 2 and face them forward for legs. Step 10: Trim off the remaining few strands of krystal flash, whip finish and apply head cement. You are done. |
