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Filoplume Mayfly SBS
Another breathable (the filoplume really comes to life in water) nymph, like the Feather Duster; found this one while poking through Randall Kaufmann's great Fly Tyer's Nymph Manual. It was a very sad day when Kaufmann's Streamborn closed an their catalogs stopped coming; always regretted that I never got to visit the shops.
hook - Tiemco 200R #12
thread - Uni 8/0 camel/UTC 70 brown (I'll explain)
tail/abdomen - marabou
rib - copper wire x-small
thorax - filoplume/aftershaft
wingcase -peacock herl
Part 1
mash barb and attach thread and wire 1 hook eye width back from eye; keep tag end of wire on far side of hook bend
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wrap wire back to point above hook barb
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measure a marabou feather (abdomen length)
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tie down; keep marabou fibers on top of hook and wrap up to thorax
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tie in another marabou feather (on smaller hooks, you could do tail & body with 1 feather) by the tips
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gather marabou
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and wrap body to thorax (helps build thorax up a bit for the filoplume)
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counterwrap wire rib up through thorax, helicopter and tie off
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tie in some peacock herl for wingcase (original pattern calls for sword fibers but they're a bit flimsy for me)
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prepare a filoplume/aftershaft feather (I cut away the bottom; shaft is a bit too thick to spin properly)
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Part 2
as I was preparing to put the filoplume in the split thread, I realized I was using Uni 8/0; great thread for a lot of tying but not one that lends itself readily to splitting. Half hitch and clip off the Uni, re-load the bobbin with the UTC (Danville 6/0 would work great, too) and we're back in action. Split the thread
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insert the filoplume
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spin the bobbin, trapping the filoplume and creating a "chenille"
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moisten fingers and stroke chenille back while wrapping forward (5 shots and I couldn't get 1 to focus)
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thorax complete
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pull peacock herl forward to form wingcase; tie off and trim
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whip finish, SHHAN
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Any stray fibers in the thorax can be plucked; you can also shorten/thin out the thorax with a few well placed tugs if you're of a mind.
Regards,
Scott
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That thing is begging to be tied with chickabou or barred marabou for the body and fished as a "whatever" stillwater nymph...
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Wally,
Everything but the wingcase came from a pheasant (pheasabou?). I'll have to see what the chick and barred bou's look like.
Regards,
Scott
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Looks like it will catch fish to me. Nice tie.
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You need to change the title to "aftershaft" not filoplume. Otherwise, nice bug.
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Mr. Kaufmann named it; don't think I'm going to be changing it.
Regards,
Scott
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Scott
Awesome tie. You ought to turn some of theses sbs into a fly of the week so they are not lost from the site
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I like ScottP, nice tie......thanks for sharing