Sanchez Biot Bug

Neat little bead head from Scott Sanchez that's worked pretty well wherever Yellow Sallies crawl, molt, drift, exist. Another quick and easy tie; doesn't hurt too bad to lose one if you fish it among the rocks.

hook - Dai Riki 060 #12-16 (tied this on the #12 for clarity's sake)
thread - Uni 8/0 camel
sides/tail - goose biot brown
body - spanflex/flexi-floss yellow
rib - copper wire (fine)
collar - hares ear dubbing
hackle - Indian hen back
head - 7/64 brass bead


Part 1

Mash barb and slide bead on hook

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start thread; tie down spanflex & wire

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wrap back to hook bend and take thread back to the front

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wrap spanflex to front, back and front to build up body, then trim

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tie in biot at head on far side (let the tip extend a bit longer than the hook gap)

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and near (trim butts)

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hold the biots against the side of the body and start wrapping the rib forward

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to the head

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add a little dubbing


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Part 2






add a little dubbing


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wrap the collar


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prep a hackle and tie in (for sparser look, strip fibers off one side of hackle)


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wrap the hackle


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tie off, add a dash of Sally and you're done; top view


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bottom view


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Regards,
Scott

Very nice pattern; well tied.

Super softy.. nicely tied as always with excellent photos... my thanks Scott for putting them up.

I am a fan. Had nice success with this on the Ruby in Montana when the sallies were around.

Tied with with a black body, brown biots and a black bead, it makes a nice small black stone.

Very interesting....simple yet creative. :D

Excellent SBS, Scott!

I will be giving that a try, it appears to be simple to tie, although my thumbs tend to add a level of complexity that does not exist for most people, and it matches the local bugs.

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Originally Posted by Steven

I am a fan. Had nice success with this on the Ruby in Montana when the sallies were around.

Tied with with a black body, brown biots and a black bead, it makes a nice small black stone.

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Hate to get off target, but have to ask where you fished the Ruby? I fished it WAY up where it was all public lands and the fish were tiny.
It looked much better down lower, but everywhere I looked it was posted as private.

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Originally Posted by Byron haugh

Hate to get off target, but have to ask where you fished the Ruby? I fished it WAY up where it was all public lands and the fish were tiny.
It looked much better down lower, but everywhere I looked it was posted as private.

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It was about 6 years ago, so I'm not sure, and it was only for one day - I was with a guide. In the morning, we were in a crowded area but we got a "beat" to ourselves. It was in an area which I believe was downstream of the dam and near one of those rope bridges that hang in the air (I definitely remember going on that).

After lunch we went above the dam - passed Steven Segall's place? Took pictures of Ted Turner's Bison? (I think that was there). We went up there because I had a specific goal of catching a grayling - which I did!