Hellekson's Yaak Bug SBS

[ScottP]

Named after the river, not the animal; simple, generic fish-food fly.


hook - Dai Riki 280 #12
thread - UTC 140 grey brown
tail - elk hair dark
abdomen - dubbing muskrat/olive
wing - elk hair dark
hackle - grizzly (undersize by 1)

Part 1

mash barb, start thread at 2/3 mark, wrap to bend




clean, stack, measure (shank) a clump of elk; tie in/trim butts at 2/3 mark, cover with thread






dub thread/dub tapered body






clean, stack, measure (tips to bend) a clump of elk; trim to length, tie in, cover butts with thread

[ScottP]

Part 2

use thumbnail to splay wing, separate with thread wraps






tie in hackle




wrap hackle, tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN










Regards,
Scott

[Ed_D]

Ooooooh... Purdy fly...
I bet that would be a killer down to size 18 or 20.

Regards,
Ed

[SMClark]

Somehow I thought a Yak bug would be bigger . . . . . .