Johnson's Mimic May SBS

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Arkansas guide Chad Johnson's take on the cross-wrapped deer hair body style, similar to a number of Michigan patterns (Galloup?s Found Link, Lacey Stephan, Kraimer's Tilt-Shoot) with addition of a CdC thorax. Tied here as a March Brown; change color/size to suit your needs.

hook ? Mustad 94840 #12
thread ? Uni 6/0 camel
tail ? barred cream hackle stems
rib - tying thread
abdomen - deer hair
thorax ? CdC dun
wing - deer hair
hackle ? grizzly dyed brown


Part 1

mash barb, start thread at 2/3 mark, wrap to point above barb, create bump




strip fibers off 2 hackles, trim tips, measure (shank length); tie in/trim






clean, stack, measure (tips gap width past bend) a clump of deer hair; trim to length, tie in with 2 soft loops, allowing hair to circle shank, tighten






spiral wrap to point above barb; cross-wrap forward, return to 2/3 mark






clean, stack, measure (tips to bend) another clump of deer hair; trim to length, tie in

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Part 2

create thread loop behind wing, capture CdC (3 low grade feathers used here) in clip; trim stem, insert in loop, spin










stroke fibers back, wrap behind and in front of wing; tie off/trim




tie in (folded) hackle by tip; stroke fibers back, wrap, tie off/trim, whip finish, SHHAN






trim out hackle underneath








Regards,
Scott