Skip Flymph SBS

[ScottP]

Found this on the Flymphforum - used some parts from a Skip Nymph, added a peacock thorax and rusty dun hackle.

hook - Mustad 94840 #12
thread - MFC 8/0 sand
tail/shellback - pheasant tail
rib - x-small wire gold
abdomen - hare's ear
thorax - peacock herl
hackle - rusty dun hen


Part 1

prep hackle, stripping barbs off the right side (shiny side facing)




mash barb; start thread and tie in hackle (facing over the eye)




tie in peacock (facing over the eye)




tie in rib and wrap back to point above barb




dub thread, dub abdomen






measure (not quite shank length) some pheasant tail barbs; tie in front of abdomen

[ScottP]

Part 2


pull pheasant back, tie down with rib; spiral forward, helicopter end and tie down






wrap peacock back to abdomen, tie down and trim




take a few wraps of hackle at the head, then spiral back to abdomen; tie off and trim




spiral thread through hackle, build up a small head, half hitch x 2, SHHAN








Regards,
Scott

[ScottP]

Similar look with a PT flymph variation.

Regards,
Scott

[oldster]

Very nice Scott. I like the PT shellback and tail on this fly and previous ones you have shared with us. I haven't tried this method yet, but I will!