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Love's Lure SBS
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Kiwi beetle/blowfly imitation; looks like something from a Herter's catalog. Can also be tied as a "traditional" dry with an upright/divided wing but the parachute was a lot easier and still pretty cool. Save your good hackle for something else; it just helps the fly land upright while delaying the inevitable.
hook - Mustad 94840 #10
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail/wing - peacock sword
body - peacock herl
wing post - Congo Hair black
hackle - black (oversize by 1)
Part 1
Mash down barb, attach thread at 3/4 mark
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take a hank of CH underneath the hook, pull up, x-wrap in place, post, clip short, brush with Sally; don't know if the original called for this but the peacock sword fibers need all the help they can get
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clean, stack, measure (shank length) some sword fibers
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tie in at base of post, pull up/set with thread dam in front, post
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tie in hackle, shiny side out; wind thread to point above barb
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Part 2
clean, stack, measure (shank length) some more sword fibers; tie in, smooth junction with wing butts
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tie in some peacock herl; twist around thread and wrap body, finish thread at wing post
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wrap hackle down post, cup-side up
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let tip hang down, tie off at base of post, take one wrap through thorax, half hitch x 2, SHHAN
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seek out a blowfly infestation
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Regards,
Scott
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I like that and bet the Bluegills here would eat that up! Nice tie!
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Hi Scott,
Really nice job like usual. I was surprised to see this tied as a dry fly. I was in a fly swap years ago at the old VFS forum and a guy from New Zealand tied a Love's Lure that was a wet fly. I just assumed that was the only version.
Regards,
Mark
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Very nice! I've not seen a parachute version of this, but I know the regular does well during green beetle hatches. A good general terrestrial, along with a coch-y-bondhu.
- Jeff