LaFontaine Spruce Moth SBS

[ScottP]

The other spruce fly; pretty much like a Letort Hopper without the turkey underwing (lot of the same steps from the Goddard and Jughead here). Hope Gary and Chester are out fishing a run right now and the trout are looking up.


hook - Dai Riki 320 #14
thread - UTC 140 cream
body - dubbing tan/hare's ear mix
wing - bleached elk
head - bleached elk, spun/trimmed


Part 1


Mash down barb, attach thread at 50% and wind back to the bend









twist dubbing on thread









dub body









cut a good clump of elk, clean and stack









measure against the hook, let the tips extend about hook gap distance behind the butt









with hair pinched to hook, 2 soft loops right on top of each other; draw the bobbin slowly and firmly towards you but maintain pinch so it doesn't spin, hair will flare in the front









wrap some lead wire around wing to keep it out of the way/protect it during the trimming process; push/pack flared hair back against wing with fingernails









cut and clean another clump of hair and trim the tips; make this one shorter than the first clump since you're going to spin it









hold it on top, 3 soft loops









draw the bobbin slowly and firmly towards you and allow hair to spin around hook shank; pack, tie off and Sally

[ScottP]

Part 2


flip it over and with 1/2 of a double edged razor blade (use the hook eye as a depth of cut gauge)






push the blade straight back to the hook bend






flip it back over and trim out the head shape with scissors












unwrap the lead and trim any strays; that's it















and Doug Korn's Spruce Moth (I needed to fatten up the body a bit on this one)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdLjhylx4ng





Regards,
Scott

[flybugpa!]

very nice Scott

[Moscow]

Wow, very nice. I thought you were going to stop just before the final trim of the head and leave the long splayed butts for a moth-like silhouette. Just may have to try that on a few for the box