Doculator Sally SBS

[ScottP]

hook - Dai Riki 280 #16
thread - UTC 140 hopper yellow
hot spot/egg sac - Uni-stretch Chinese Red
body 1mm foam yellow
rib - tying thread
wing - deer hair bleached
legs - barred rubber fine
hackle - barred tan


Part 1

mash barb, start thread, tie in Uni-stretch and wrap back to bend




wrap egg sac, tie off




taper foam strip (not quite gap width), tie in






wrap foam forward; rib body, leave tag end of foam long






clean, stack, measure (gap width past bend) a clump of deer; tie in

[ScottP]

Part 2

move thread to eye, poke a hole in the foam; pull up from underneath and secure at eye








pull foam back, tie down




add legs




tie in hackle and wrap forward; tie off, SHHAN






trim hackle underneath, trim foam & legs



dorsal



ventral




Regards,
Scott

[herefishy]

I really like that method of wrapping/ribbing the foam - looks great for lots of applications.

[ScottP]

herefishy,

Thanks. For a hook that small, I probably should have used .5mm foam to cut down on bulk a bit; next time. Here's a Skwala version with a foam egg sac









Regards,
Scott