Wednesday
Jul152009
Extended Body Green Drake
| Hook: Partridge K10 Size 14 Thread: UTC 70 Black Tail: Black Deer Hair Rib: Small Yellow Fentex Body: Olive Sow Scud Dubbing Wings: 2 Trimmed Black Hackles Hackle: Barred Dun Hackle |
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Insert the hook backwards into the vice. |
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Tie in the thread with a few wraps over the main body, and leave the thread of the back of the tail. |
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Tie in some Black Deer Hair for the tail and the extended body and wrap it over the body to form a tail and extended body. |
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Tie in some yellow fentex for the ribbing later. |
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Dub to form the extended body right up to the hook. |
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Form 5-6 ribs on the extended body. |
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Turn the hook around so the hook part is in the vice. |
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Do a reverse whip finish so you have your thread going the right way. |
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Form your wings with the hackle and tie in. |
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Figure 8 around the wings and the hook to secure them. |
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Continue to dub the body up to the wings. |
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Tie in a barred dun hackle for later. |
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Continue the dubbing through the wings to the front of the hook. |
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Wrap the hackle forward through the wings. |
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Whip finish and the fly is ready for the water. |




















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