Gabettas' Jimmy Z SBS

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Jackson Hole One Fly winner from 2004; combination of a Lime Trude/Muddler/Turck Tarantula.


hook - Dai Riki 310 #10
thread - UTC 140 tan
tail - calftail red
rib - x-small wire gold
abdomen - dubbing chartreuse
hackle - grizzly (undersize by 2)
underwing - Angel Hair pearl
wing - calftail white
collar - deer hair flaired
legs - barred rubber tan/black
head - deer hair spun/clipped


Part 1


Mash down barb, start thread at 60% mark; tie in rib and wrap back to point above barb

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clean, stack, measure (gap width past bend) a sparse clump of calftail; tie in, trim butts

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dub thread/dub body

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tie in hackle at front of body; wrap back to bend

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capture tip of hackle with wire; wrap through hackle, helicopter end, tie off, trim hackle tip

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Part 2



tie in underwing (tips even with bend)

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clean, stack, measure (tips halfway to tail) a clump of calftail; tie in, trim butts

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clean, stack, measure (tips even with back of body) a clump of deer hair; tie in (let it flair but don't let it spin)

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tie in legs

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clean/trim tips from another clump of deer; tie in in front of legs and let it spin; repeat as needed to fill head, then half hitch x 2, SHHAN

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flip fly over, lay razor on hook eye (to establish underside of head) and push straight back

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Part 3


flip it back over; first cut to shape head

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final version

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Regards,
Scott

Beautiful tie, and great photography as always, Scott. I'm curious if you always tie this on a standard length hook? Patterns seems to scream out for a longer shank, perhaps a 2XL like Dai-Riki 280, TMC2312, or the like.

Scott, one helluva SBS!

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Originally Posted by whatfly

I'm curious if you always tie this on a standard length hook?

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Technically, yes, since this is the only time I've ever tied the fly. The recipe I had called for the DR 300 and I happened to have some, so that's what I used.

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Originally Posted by whatfly

Patterns seems to scream out for a longer shank, perhaps a 2XL like Dai-Riki 280, TMC2312, or the like.

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Going to tie up a bullethead version on the DR 280 to see how that looks.

Regards,
Scott

Bullethead variation (tied on the DR 280); quicker, easier to tie (and a lot less messy than the spun deer head :) )


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safer, too - one little slip with a new razor blade and the spun/clipped one quickly became a Hemoglobin Trude


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Regards,
Scott