Ungulate Paradun SBS

[ScottP]

Life in a world without chickens (as a nod to Margaret Atwood; Happy Birthday). Pocketwater edition; this one will not lack for floatation.

hook - Dai Riki 300 #10
thread - UTC 140 grey brown
tail - deer hair
body - muskrat
wing - Congo Hair white
hackle - deer hair

Part 1

mash barb, start thread at 3/4 mark




loop a hank of CH (hooking it on the gallows makes it much easier to control the hackling process); tie in over the front of the hook, trim butts, cover with thread








clean, stack, measure (shank length) a clump of deer hair; tie in, trim, cover with thread

[ScottP]

Part 2

dub thread/dub body to CH






create a thread loop




post wing, wrapping loop; hook wing onto gallows




dub head, finishing at base of wing




clean, stack, measure (hook length) a clump of deer hair; place it in clip and trim butts




wax loop, insert clip; slide off, trapping deer hair butts, release clip and spin, creating hackle






moisten fingers, stroke deer hair fibers back

[ScottP]

Part 3

wrap deer hair around post from the top down, capture tag with thread wraps at base of wing; half hitch x 2 at wing base, SHHAN






trim wing








Regards,
Scott

[okflyfisher]

Works for me.. I bet it floats like a champ

[Joe Billingsley]

Wow, Scott. How in the name of Lee Wulff did you get the deer hair to play so nice?

Joe

[ScottP]

How did you get the deer hair to play so nice?

Joe,

A lot of spit on the fingers (the seamy side of tying that no one talks about ). Still have some bugs to work out here; this one was more of a concept that needs to be refined.

Regards,
Scott

[Joe Billingsley]

Beautiful fly. Well done.

Joe