Hazel Creek SBS

[ScottP]

Never fished Hazel Creek, but I have fished the Hazel River, which judging by the pics I've seen is smaller than Hazel Creek; huh? Supposed to be a sled-dog pattern in the Smokies; may have to give it a try next time we visit our daughter. There are recipes calling for yellow body and mixed brown/grizzly hackle but liked the badger/chartreuse combo; besides, my yellow Uni-stretch seems to have gone missing.



hook - Mustad 94840 #14
thread - UTC 70 chartreuse
tail - golden pheasant tippet
abdomen - Uni-stretch chartreuse
hackle - badger
wing - hen hackle tips cream

Part 1


mash barb, start thread at 60% (defines the limits of the abdomen) and wrap back to point above barb




measure a clump of pheasant fibers (hook shank); tie in (I put a wrap under the butts to set the proper angle), smooth butts and wrap thread to 70% mark






take a pair of hen hackle tips (= to gap width), put them together with the tips curving away from each other, measure for length (entire hook); tie in at 70% mark