Troth Bullethead MacHopper SBS

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Macrame yarn - tripping back to the 70's, although I can't see Al Troth in a lime green leisure suit (with white belt & shoes). Didn't have to strip down a hanging terrarium for the yarn, but only had yellow, hence the hopper; if it had been orange, this would have been a MacSalmon. Original had spun/clipped head but bulletheads are easier and I'm lazy; tie as you see fit.



hook - Dai Riki 280 #6
thread - UTC 140 tan
body- macrame yarn yellow
underwing - landscape fabric
wing - deer hair yellow
legs - rubber medium cornsnake
indicator - 2mm foam
head - elk

Part 1


melt the end of a piece of macrame yarn

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poke the hook eye into the bottom of the yarn and push 'till it comes out the front

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slide the yarn to the back while you build the head; start thread

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clean, stack a substantial clump of elk; measure for length (shank)

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Part 2


trim the butts, a couple soft loops and then pull firmly, letting the hair spin around the shank

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trim butts

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slide yarn against hair butts, brush on a little Super Glue and wrap down

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trim underwing (hook gap wide) to shape and tie in

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Part 3

clean, stack, measure a clump of hair for wing; trim butts and tie in

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push the head hair back over the fly; cinch it all down with a few firm wraps

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Add legs, foam indicator (missed that pic somehow), whip, SHHAN; trim out the bottom

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Thanks Al

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Regards,
Scott

I like that pattern and you did your usual good job with the step by step. Now I have to see if I have any yarn I can use.

It has interested me that most salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica) flies are tied with an orange body when those in nature have a more brownish color with orange between the segments....guess the fish don't really care.

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Originally Posted by ducksterman

It has interested me that most salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica) flies are tied with an orange body when those in nature have a more brownish color with orange between the segments....guess the fish don't really care.

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Duck,

Very true

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Had good luck with Rogues tied with rust-colored foam and orange thread for segmentation

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Where I was fishing, the water was chugging along at a pretty good clip, and I don't think the fish get more than a quick glance at the fly before they decide whether to go for it or not, so an orange fly might not scare them off; unlike a tailwater/spring creek where they can count the jugal and claval folds on the posterior margin of a PMD's wing (and yes, I had to look up those terms).


Regards,
Scott