Frailey's Woodchuck Special SBS
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More fun with Punxsutawney Phil
hook - TMC 5263 #6
thread - UTC 140 yellow
tail - hackle fibers orange
body - tinsel gold
rib - wire UTC brassie gold
wing - woodchuck
hackle - orange
Part 1
mash barb, cover front half of hook with .015 non-tox; stop about 2 hook-eye lengths short
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start thread and tie in wire on underside of hook; wrap back to point above barb
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measure a clump of hackle fibers (hook gap length), and tie in
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overwrap tail butts up to lead wraps, trim and create smooth underbody
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tie in tinsel at front, wrap to tail and back to tie in; trim
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spiral wire rib forward; helicopter end and cover with thread wraps
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even tips of a clump of woodchuck on skin; cut but don't comb out underfur - supposed to add a bit of body to the wing but I must have a piece of longhair Woodchuck (very rare) because not much of the underfur shows
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