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This one's for Steve (stabgnid). Dry version of the Skip Nymph. Bare bones March Brown here; make it as complicated as you like.
hook - Dai Riki 300 #14
thread - Danville 6/0 brown
tail/shellback - pheasant tail
rib - tying thread (doubled)
body - dubbing tan
hackle - grizzly dyed brown
mash barb, start thread, double up tag end and wrap to bend
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dub thread/dub body to 2/3 mark
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measure some pheasant tail fibers (extend shank length behind the butt); tie in at front of body
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pull pheasant down on top of body, spiral rib forward; tie off/trim
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tie in hackle and wrap; tie off, half hitch x 2, SHHAN
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trim hackle out on underside (or not)
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Regards,
Scott