Adams Superfly SBS

[ScottP]

Not one I'll be tying with regularity; foam is so much easier. Did not know Ron O'Neal was a fly fisherman; don't ask no questions why.


hook - Dai Riki 135 #12
thread/body - UTC 140 grey brown
core - 7lb mono
tail - stripped hackle stems grizzly
abdomen - elk hair dun
thorax - muskrat
wing - hen grizzly
hackle - grizzly/brown

Part 1

put a loop on the end of the mono




mash barb, start thread at mid-point, tie in mono






prep hackle stems; tie in






hook mono onto gallows; clean, stack some elk, trim butts/tie in, allowing hair to encircle hook






pull fibers back along mono, rib up (shank length), and back to base

[ScottP]

Part 2

trim mono, elk and hackle stems




measure (shank length) a pair of hackle tips, set convex to convex, tie in, set upright with wraps on either side of base










set dihedral, leaning towards the horizontal, with Figure-8 wraps at wing base




tie in thread loop




tie in hackles




wrap hackles (tried wrapping one at a time - not recommended; also, you want to use hackle with the thinnest stems you can find) up (thorax width) and back down; tie off/trim tips (I should have dubbed the thorax before the hackle; it would have been much easier)

[ScottP]

Part 3

stroke hackle fibers back




dub thread/dub thorax






pull hackle over thorax; tie down




tie off/trim, whip finish, SHHAN; them Fokkers were Messerschmitts










Regards,
Scott

[stream]

That is one nice looking fly wish my dry fly tying sucks I can only wish it was that good

[Don_P]

them Fokkers were Messerschmitts

Lol!.......

[Steve Molcsan]

You have the thumbnail of a proven master tier .... post # 3 image 1

your Adams Superfly SBS is exquisite and true work of art that I would cast in a second with much enjoyment ..

Thanks for sharing your work..