Winnie's Fore-and-Aft SBS

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Art Winnie's Michigan hexagenia pattern from the 20's. I beefed up the tail a bit to give it a bit more buoyancy - the original pattern was tied with 3 bucktail fibers.


hook - TMC 5212 #6
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail - moose body hair
rear hackle - brown
rib - small tinsel gold
body - Congo Hair gold
front hackle - brown
wing - duck quill segment


Part 1

mash barb, start thread, wrap to bend

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clean, stack, measure (hook length) some moose body; tie in/trim

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tie in hackle, wrap to hook point; tie off/trim

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tie in tinsel

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move thread to 2/3 mark, tie in CH; wrap to rear hackle and back, tie off/trim

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spiral rib; tie off/trim

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Part 2

tie in front hackle; wrap to 1 eye width back from eye, tie off/trim

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prep matching duck quill segments (gap width); tie in with pinch wrap

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trim butts, whip finish, SHHAN

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Regards,
Scott

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ScottP

I beefed up the tail a bit to give it a bit more buoyancy - the original pattern was tied with 3 bucktail fibers.

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Probably unnecessary -- the rear hackle will take care of that. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the original intent of the rear hackle was allow the fly to have exactly three fibers in the tail, the same as the natural. The tail will never touch the water.

Anyway, I'm a sucker for fore-and-aft flies, and this looks like good one. (I'd probably use yellow or tan thread to keep the fly lighter in color, though)

A different take using a chuckar back feather; creates a thinner profile on the wing.

trim out center

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measure for length, fold, pinch-wrap, tie in

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trim, whip finish, SHHAN

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Regards,
Scott