F U Extended Body Paradun SBS

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Foam and Ungulate. Lifted the segmented foam technique from Davie McPhail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOPcHrIDz3E and added deer hair upper to make tail/tapered mayfly body. Generic here; change color/size to suit your needs.


hook - Dai Riki 135 #10
thread - UTC 70 tan
body - 2mm foam tan
tail/upper body - deer hair
wing post - Congo Hair white
hackle - barred cream
thorax - dubbing tan


Part 1

melt/pinch a tapered foam strip (first try here; still need to play around with the taper to get proper shape)

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poke needle into the end of the foam

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start thread; capture foam to create first segment

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clean, stack, tie in some deer hair at first segment

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pull deer hair and foam away from needle (lost the pics from the first segments; sorry)

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take a few wraps on the needle between foam/deer hair to establish next segment; pull them down on needle and wrap

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Part 2


continue up the needle; whip finish and brush a little Sally on the deer/thread wraps

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slide body off the needle, poke a hole in the foam at the last segment and tie it on the hook

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mount hook, wrap thread back to hook point

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take a couple wraps to secure the body, brush a little Super glue on the foam tag, then wrap foam/deer; trim ends

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tie in hank of CH; post it

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tie in hackle, shiny side out

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Part 3

dub thread, dub thorax

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wrap hackle down the post, cup side up

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tie off hackle at base of post; take one thread wrap through thorax, half hitch x 2 at eye, SHHAN

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trim post, fly done

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Regards,
Scott

Excellent job!

Very interesting twist on the extended body technique that I had not seen before.