Gabettas' Jimmy Z SBS

[ScottP]

Jackson Hole One Fly winner from 2004; combination of a Lime Trude/Muddler/Turck Tarantula.


hook - Dai Riki 310 #10
thread - UTC 140 tan
tail - calftail red
rib - x-small wire gold
abdomen - dubbing chartreuse
hackle - grizzly (undersize by 2)
underwing - Angel Hair pearl
wing - calftail white
collar - deer hair flaired
legs - barred rubber tan/black
head - deer hair spun/clipped


Part 1


Mash down barb, start thread at 60% mark; tie in rib and wrap back to point above barb






clean, stack, measure (gap width past bend) a sparse clump of calftail; tie in, trim butts






dub thread/dub body






tie in hackle at front of body; wrap back to bend




capture tip of hackle with wire; wrap through hackle, helicopter end, tie off, trim hackle tip

[ScottP]

Part 2



tie in underwing (tips even with bend)




clean, stack, measure (tips halfway to tail) a clump of calftail; tie in, trim butts






clean, stack, measure (tips even with back of body) a clump of deer hair; tie in (let it flair but don't let it spin)






tie in legs




clean/trim tips from another clump of deer; tie in in front of legs and let it spin; repeat as needed to fill head, then half hitch x 2, SHHAN






flip fly over, lay razor on hook eye (to establish underside of head) and push straight back

[ScottP]

Part 3


flip it back over; first cut to shape head




final version












Regards,
Scott

[whatfly]

Beautiful tie, and great photography as always, Scott. I'm curious if you always tie this on a standard length hook? Patterns seems to scream out for a longer shank, perhaps a 2XL like Dai-Riki 280, TMC2312, or the like.

[NJTroutbum]

Scott, one helluva SBS!

[ScottP]

I'm curious if you always tie this on a standard length hook?

Technically, yes, since this is the only time I've ever tied the fly. The recipe I had called for the DR 300 and I happened to have some, so that's what I used.

Patterns seems to scream out for a longer shank, perhaps a 2XL like Dai-Riki 280, TMC2312, or the like.

Going to tie up a bullethead version on the DR 280 to see how that looks.

Regards,
Scott

[ScottP]

Bullethead variation (tied on the DR 280); quicker, easier to tie (and a lot less messy than the spun deer head )















safer, too - one little slip with a new razor blade and the spun/clipped one quickly became a Hemoglobin Trude







Regards,
Scott