Moodah Poodah SBS

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Found this over on the Fly Fish Food site. Kind of a hot-butt cricketlike thing; anything smaller than a #10, I'd switch to 1mm foam.


hook - Dai Riki 135 #10
thread - UTC 70 hot orange/Danville 6/0 black
rib - Midge Krystal Flash pearl
butt - Ice Dub hot orange
body - Ice Dub black peacock
wing - deer hair black
head/overwing - 2mm foam black
legs - medium rubber hot orange
indicator - McFlyfoam orange


Part 1


mash barb, start thread; tie in rib and wrap down bend

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dub butt

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start black thread, capture orange, tie off/trim

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dub body up to 2/3 mark

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counterwrap rib; tie off/trim

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clean, stack, measure (tips to bend) a clump of deer hair; trim to length, tie in

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dub head

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Part 2

tie in foam strip (gap width) underneath base of wing

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mark at eye, poke a hole with bodkin and push eye through; cross thread over top of head to eye

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take a few wraps at the eye

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cross thread over top of head back to wing base, pull foam back and tie down

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add legs/indicator

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psel3yyb4u.jpg

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half hitch x 2, SHHAN, trim legs, indicator, overwing (notch it, too)

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Regards,
Scott

Nice tie. Looks like a bluegill killer.

Dave

That's what I'm thinking!

Scott, you don't mess around there man! Good work!

Curtis,

Nice article and video

http://www.flyfishfood.com/2015/05/t...ah-poodah.html

thanks for posting.

Regards,
Scott