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Green Hen SBS
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2c94c00b.jpg
A Crackleback softhackle. Change colors to suit your needs.
hook - Mustad 3399A #12
thread - MFC 8/0 brown
rib - x-small wire gold
abdomen - Uni-stretch chartreuse
back/tohrax - peacock herl
hackle - hen brown
Part 1
Mash down barb, start thread one hook eye width back
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psa644bd1e.jpg
prep hackle and tie in
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psdd292bc8.jpg
tie in rib and Uni-stretch; wrap back to bend
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psadefc044.jpg
tie in some peacock
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6464f093.jpg
wrap abdomen to 2/3 mark; tie off and trim
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7ef8d4d0.jpg
pull peacock over the back ; tie down but don't trim
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psbb64eb8b.jpg
counterwrap rib; tie off and helicopter end
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1b1176f9.jpg
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I like your technique of tying in your hen feather first. I do the same.
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Can't remember if I picked that up from Hans or Dave Hughes "Wet Flies", but it does make for a smaller, neater head.
Regards,
Scott
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Sweet! Thanks for sharing.
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Flattery Is... Tried It with floss and a 3399. The extra weight may sink It just a bit faster. Hackle Is way over done. Next few will be more sparse. It usually takes me a couple dozen to figure out the nuances. Very nice pattern. Apologies for lousy iPhone photo. Thanks for the great SBS. Yellow background has a better image. Shows more flaws ;-)
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Like it! I mostly fish my cracklebacks wet anyway. Definitely going to give this one a try. Thanks for the excellent SBS as usual.
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Ooooooooooh, purdy flies. :)
Scott, I really like both of those flies. Do you think that the first version might be more durable if you had a single turn of Uni-stretch behind the crackleback stripe of peacock herl to protect it?
Thanks for posting those flies.
Ed
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I really like the looks of that bug. I'll have to tie some.