Bloody Butcher Salmonfly SBS

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Found this in Trout Flies of the West. Original (tied by Ray Babineau) body was red/yellow hackle wrapped/trimmed; after playing around with the Strawman caddis, I figured I'd try it with deer hair in split thread. Practical? maybe not so much, but fun? yes.


hook - Tiemco 5212 #4
thread - UTC 140 red
egg sac - 2mm foam black
body - deer hair red/yellow mix
wing - elk hair
head - elk hair




Part 1


mash barb, attach thread at 75% mark and wrap back to point above barb

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apply a little Super Glue and tie in foam strip; fold over to create egg sac and cover with thread

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cut clumps of red and yellow deer hair, mix and grab with clip; don't use too much or it won't spin properly in the thread loop

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split thread, insert deer, and spin bobbin

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sweep fibers back as you wrap the "hackle" forward

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lather, rinse, repeat as needed

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Part 2


tie off, trim body

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re-attach thread, finish 1 eye width back

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stack, clean a clump of elk; measure for length (shank x 2)

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2 soft loops, pull tight, and let it spin

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stack, clean another clump of elk and tie in

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Part 3


push hair back with finger, make sure it's evenly dispersed around hook; tie down

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whip finish, SHHAN and trim out bottom the bottom hair

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Doesn't look like any salmonfly I've seen, but it'll be worth a few casts just for giggles.


Regards,
Scott

Pretty neat, nice tie. I would probably add a set of rubber legs at the collar.

An excellent step by step (as usual) and an unusual fly. The title threw me completely. There is a Butcher salmon fly. The details are here, There is also the Bloody Butcher a wet fly for trout and sea trout. I don't have a picture of a Bloody Butcher in my collection but here is the original Butcher trout fly, the Bloody Butcher uses a dyed red hackle in place of the black at the throat.
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Your fly was not at all what I was expecting when I saw the title.
Cheers,
A.

SBS ????

Thanks

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Originally Posted by Panman

SBS ????

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step-by-step

Regards,
Scott