Rance's Gypsy King SBS

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Rivers are going up and there's lots of snow to melt but eventually they're gonna come down; then it'll be time for foam stuff.

hook - TMC 5212 #10
thread - Danville black
body - peacock herl
overbody/head - 2mm foam brown
underwing - Krystal Flash pearl
wing - deer hair
legs - medium rubber brown
hackle - grizzly

Part 1

mash barb, attach thread at 70% mark and wrap back to point above barb

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tie in peacock herl; twist with thread, wrap body, tie off, trim, move thread back to 70% mark

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taper a foam strip (not quite gap width); measure for length (gap width past bend) and tie in

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tie in some KF, fold over/double back

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Part 2

clean stack, measure (tips even with foam) a clump of deer hair; cut to length and tie in

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tie in legs, 2 per side

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tie in hackle, wrap, tie off and trim

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move thread forward to eye, tie down foam; half hitch x 2, SHHAN

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trim head, trim KF, trim hackle flat on bottom, separate legs

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Regards,
Scott

Rance’s Gypsy Queen

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Consort of the King. Let’s see how long it takes Orvis to lift these picks without asking
https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/t...-for-patagonia


hook - Dai Riki 280 #10
thread - UTC 140 fluoro pink
body - Ice Dub hot pink
overbody/head - 2mm foam pink
underwing - Krystal Flash pearl
wing - pronghorn hair
legs - medium rubber black
hackle - grizzly

Regards,
Scott

Rance’s Gypsy King II

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hook - Maruto 2312 #6
thread - Uni 6/0 tan
body - Starburst dubbing tan
overbody/head -2mm foam tan
underwing - Krystal Flash root beer
wing - elk hair
legs - medium rubber golden stone
hackle - barred cream

Tied here as a shortwing stonefly. Have to see if I can locate the original pics from the SBS and reload them; again, thanks so much Photobucket (not).

Regards,
Scott