Adams Superfly SBS

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Not one I'll be tying with regularity; foam is so much easier. Did not know Ron O'Neal was a fly fisherman; don't ask no questions why.


hook - Dai Riki 135 #12
thread/body - UTC 140 grey brown
core - 7lb mono
tail - stripped hackle stems grizzly
abdomen - elk hair dun
thorax - muskrat
wing - hen grizzly
hackle - grizzly/brown

Part 1

put a loop on the end of the mono

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mash barb, start thread at mid-point, tie in mono

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prep hackle stems; tie in

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hook mono onto gallows; clean, stack some elk, trim butts/tie in, allowing hair to encircle hook

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pull fibers back along mono, rib up (shank length), and back to base

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Part 2

trim mono, elk and hackle stems

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measure (shank length) a pair of hackle tips, set convex to convex, tie in, set upright with wraps on either side of base

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set dihedral, leaning towards the horizontal, with Figure-8 wraps at wing base

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tie in thread loop

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tie in hackles

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wrap hackles (tried wrapping one at a time - not recommended; also, you want to use hackle with the thinnest stems you can find) up (thorax width) and back down; tie off/trim tips (I should have dubbed the thorax before the hackle; it would have been much easier)

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Part 3

stroke hackle fibers back

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dub thread/dub thorax

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pull hackle over thorax; tie down

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tie off/trim, whip finish, SHHAN; them Fokkers were Messerschmitts

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Regards,
Scott

That is one nice looking fly wish my dry fly tying sucks I can only wish it was that good

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Originally Posted by ScottP

them Fokkers were Messerschmitts

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Lol!.......

You have the thumbnail of a proven master tier .... post # 3 image 1

your http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/i...cons/icon1.png Adams Superfly SBS is exquisite and true work of art that I would cast in a second with much enjoyment .. :)

Thanks for sharing your work..