Materials List:
Hook: #16-18
Wire Head: Gold 28 ga. wire two layers 3 over 4. wire run on top of back to bend.
Body: 1/3rd DK#3 apple green, 1/3rd olive GSS, 1/3rd fox squirrel dubbing
Teardrop Wing: light tan hen feather, cut out tip tied tips down then folded back, trim butt.
Collar: fox squirrel dubbing.
A step by step:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FUrzXYKyHu...0/P1050465.JPG make thread base for wire head tie in wire
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2WuxprWyfM...0/P1050466.JPG add drop of super glue then wrap head 3 over 4 turns 2 layers
run wire down top of hook shank to bend, cover with thread wraps
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vPuQA64W9n...0/P1050467.JPG dub 1/3 of shank with apple green dubbing
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H6Ep5j_Xvj...0/P1050472.JPG add GSS olive dubbing and fox squirrel dubbing to 1/3rd of hook
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-md4w_cjMQJ...0/P1050473.JPG prep light tan or ginger hen feather as shown
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--JrJEHarp6...0/P1050475.JPG tie in feather "V" notch down behind wire head
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0HrwulwBgf...0/P1050476.JPG fold feather back to form a "teardrop wing"
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cBjYID9uGU...0/P1050477.JPG add more fox squirrel dubbing in front of wing
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fbOSNDRmFA...0/P1050481.JPG turns of dubbing will force wing back and down, cupping body
~ notice the bright green dubbing shining through the wing ~
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w_erXOFvSv...0/P1050494.JPG completed Korn's WH Apple Caddis Emerger
tied and photographed by Doug Korn