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    Another trip with Peabody and Sherman in the Wayback machine; found this one, designed by Tom Cubbage, in Terry Hellekson's Fish Flies. Feel free to use your best hackle or the cheap stuff and accept the fact that it's gonna be a wet fly soon enough, no matter what.

    hook - Dai Riki 300 #10
    thread - Danville 6/0 black
    butt/head - peacock herl
    tail - moose body (2)
    rib - x-small wire gold
    body - Uni-Stretch Chinese red
    hackle - brown (undersize by 2)
    wing - calf tail


    Part 1

    mash barb, start thread at 2/3 mark, wrap to bend (looks like I have a nick in the bobbin tube)




    tie in some peacock herl, twist around thread and wrap to point; tie off/trim








    select 2 matching moose body hairs from either side of hide, measure (hook length); tie in front of butt/trim








    since you forgot to do it before the tail, tie in rib; even underbody out with thread wraps

    Just a tourist passing through


    SBS Index updated 2/21/18

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    Part 2

    tie in Uni-Stretch; wrap body, tie off/trim






    tie in hackle, palmer to butt






    capture tip with rib, continue thru hackle to the front, helicopter end/cover with thread, trim hackle tip






    stack, measure (1/2 tail) a clump of calftail; trim to length, tie in



    Just a tourist passing through


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    Part 3

    tie in some more peacock




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








    Regards,
    Scott
    Just a tourist passing through


    SBS Index updated 2/21/18

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    Nice job as always, Scott. I've been tying and fishing this pattern for years, and the trout seem to love eating it. I don't remember the tail, so mine don't have one. Learned it from a "FlyFisherman" article back when TR was president- or thereabouts.

    Chuck

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