Grumpy Frumpy SBS

[ScottP]

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









tie in shuck and wrap back to point above barb









trim shuck to length (about 2/3 shank)









taper tip of foam strip (hook gap width)









brush on a little Super Glue and tie in










cover foam with thread wraps/create body









pull foam forward, tie down and trim

[ScottP]

Part 2

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







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









trim wing back and front (shank length)





last thread change, promise; start band





tie in legs






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




fish view






Regards,
Scott

[NewTyer 1]

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

[deepcreek]

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

[Uncle Jesse]

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.