Grumpy Frumpy SBS

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hook - Dai Riki 320 #12
thread/body - Danville Flat-wax yellow
shuck - Congo Hair brown
back- 2mm foam tan
wing - Congo Hair white
hackle - brown
band - UTC 140 red
legs - rubber medium cornsnake


Saw this in the latest American Angler - trailing shuck like an emerger, body like an attractor and wing like a cripple; quite a combination.




Part 1

mash barb and attach thread at 60% mark


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tie in shuck and wrap back to point above barb


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trim shuck to length (about 2/3 shank)


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taper tip of foam strip (hook gap width)


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brush on a little Super Glue and tie in


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cover foam with thread wraps/create body


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pull foam forward, tie down and trim


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Part 2

tie off thread and replace with 8/0 brown Uni; tie in wing clump

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prep hackle feather, tie in; wrap hackle forward, tie off and trim

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trim wing back and front (shank length)

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last thread change, promise; start band

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tie in legs

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whip finish, trim thread (don't leave a big bump/tag like I did) and SHHAN on the band; trim legs and it's done

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fish view

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Regards,
Scott

That has to be the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Kind of the mutant of the flie family But, your tying is good.

:DScott, you have waaaay toooooo much time on your hands. Having said that it is probably a fish catching ninja.

It only lacks one thing, faith that it will catch fish. I have no doubt bream will think it taste like chicken, I looks as much like a bug as a Rroyal Wulff or Coachman. I think I see a couple going into my flyboxes.