Thing From Uranus SBS

[ScottP]

Little bit of foam and elk; floats low, floats a long time. Tied here in salmonfly colors; change to suit your needs.


hook - Mustad 79580 #2
thread - UTC 140 hot orange
body - 2mm foam dark brown
abdomen/thorax - dubbing rust/hot orange rabbit
wing - elk hair
indicator (optional) - 2mm foam orange
legs - rubber medium brown


Part 1

taper foam strip (hook gap wide) to create tail (a little longer than hook gap) and poke a hole at base of taper, mash barb and slide on hook






attach thread at head and wrap back to bend




brush a bit of Super Glue on inside of foam, then 1 soft loop, pull slowly but firmly (to keep from cutting the foam) to create first segment




wrap thread forward to expand first segment




dub thread, dub segment






pull foam down, advance thread to next segment location (approx 40% mark)




create segment with thread wraps

[ScottP]

clean, stack and measure (extend a bit past tail) a clump of elk hair; tie in and trim butts






tie in legs




dub thread, dub segment






pull foam down, move thread forward and repeat previous steps











continued on Part 3

[ScottP]

Part 3




poke another hole in foam at eye, pull foam up and tie down at eye








cross thread over back to base of head; pull foam back and tie down






tie in indicator




whip, SHHAN, trim all things rubber and foam and you're done



dorsal



ventral




Regards,
Scott

[Alberto]

Scott, thanks so much for the SBS's you are posting. Many of your techniques and a number of the patterns have made their way into my fly boxes this winter.

I use that hook to tie pencil poppers for bass. If someone had not posted a picture of an actual salmonfly I would not believe that hook size is needed. One question on the pattern, although it is part of the pattern recipe, when something is that big, does it really need an indicator?

Alberto

[ScottP]

One question on the pattern, although it is part of the pattern recipe, when something is that big, does it really need an indicator?

Alberto,

Although I noted the indicator as optional, the water I fished during the hatch last year was pretty turbulent, and even in the calmer stuff along the banks (where a lot of the fish were), and an indicator was very helpful for spotting the fly. This fly floats pretty low and I need all the help I can get.

Regards,
Scott