Skitterbug SBS

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Found this while poking around the Old Flies section. A neat alternative to a hackled spider (deer hair's a lot easier for me to come by than quality hackle in the larger sizes, and the butts provide a little additional floatation); simple and quick to tie.


hook - Mustad 94863 #8 (since I'm tying an old fly, might as well use an old hook; think I bought this box in 1973 with my first flyrod, a Fenwick FF756)
thread - UTC 140 tan
body/"hackle" - deer hair

Part 1


attach thread above hook point

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clean, stack a clump of deer hair; measure for length (hook shank)

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lay on shank with tips facing forward

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2 soft loops, pull firmly and allow hair to spin around shank

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wrap thread forward (the greater the separation between the 2 the easier it is to spin the 2nd bunch of deer hair)

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clean, stack, measure another clump; repeat tie-in with tips facing towards the rear

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spin hair and push the 2 clumps together with fingernails

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Part 2


tie off, half hitch x2, and SHHAN

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trim butt ends on either side and you're done

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Plan to try this bug here this summer when the craneflies come out to play

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Regards,
Scott

Nice pictures - thanks. What does SHHAN mean?

Tim

Tim,

Sally Hansen's Hard As Nails.

Regards,
Scott

also sh=sally hansons
han=hard as nails
different forums us different ones..

great fly !