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Hopper Buck SBS
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...pskiw6d1xn.jpg
Another vintage Wisconsin fly. Apparently a hex nymph/emerger; not sure where the name comes from since it's neither a hopper or have any bucktail in it.
hook - Dai Riki 280 #6
thread - Danville Monocord yellow
tail - hackle fibers brown
rib - small wire gold
body - dubbing cream (yellow optional)
wing - woodduck flank
hackle - brown saddle
Part 1
mash barb, start thread at 3/4 mark; tie in rib, wrap to point above barb
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psmopcglfr.jpg
strip off some hackle barbs, measure (gap width past bend); tie in
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4lsr3rtr.jpg
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psscxt5zut.jpg
dub thread/dub body to 3/4 mark
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...pskhcpk5bt.jpg
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psy49amuvm.jpg
counterwrap rib; tie off/helicopter end
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psw2iq378j.jpg
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psf4ex64w9.jpg
measure (tips to tail) a wooduck flank; tie in/trim
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psea9hhtwe.jpg
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psyinmhkzi.jpg
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Nice tie For hex "hatchers" i would add a foam wing on top of the wood duck and under the soft hackle.. My hearing is poor enough now that night fishing during hex time is a thing of the past ( i can no longer locate fish) but some of those nights were beyond belief . My sister in law caught a 30 1/2 inch brown one night during the hex spinner fall
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Nice! I may have to do some of those for the Hex hatch next year!
I have a Hex nymph pattern that I tie up, but they're rather complex; this is an easier pattern.
