Zug Bug (Heron variation) SBS

[ScottP]

It always killed me to clip the flank feather for the wingpad, so I let it go long here.

hook - Mustad 9671 #6
thread - Danville 6/0 brown(s)
underbody - non-tox .030
tail - peacock sword
rib - oval tinsel silver
body - peacock herl
wing - woodduck flank
hackle - hen brown

Part 1

wrap front 1/3 with non-tox




start thread, tie in rib, wrap to bend




measure (gap width past bend) some peacock sword fibers; tie in/trim






tie in some peacock herl by the tips, wrap to 3/4 mark; tie off/trim






counterwrap rib; tie off/trim

[ScottP]

Part 2

prep woodduck flank (drag scissor blade over top half to get them to lay properly); tie in by tip






wrap, tie off/trim




prep hen hackle; realize the thread's the wrong color (was going to use a darker India hen but didn't like the effect), switch thread and tie in hackle by tip (do the scissor blade thing to the top half, again)






wrap hackle, tie off/trim; whip finish, SHHAN








Regards,
Scott