Copper Still March Brown SBS

[ScottP]

More goodness from Appalachia. Original called for ginger variant hackle tips for the wings - best of luck finding that. I dyed some grizzly hen; don't think the fish will care.

hook - Dai Riki 320 #14
thread - MFC 8/0 brown
tail - ginger hackle
rib - x-small wire copper
abdomen - Uni-stretch camel
wing - hen hackle tips grizzly-dyed tan
hackle - grizzly/ginger


Part 1

Mash down barb, start thread at 75% mark; wrap back to point above barb and make a small bump




clip, stack and measure (shank) a clump of ginger hackle fibers; tie in tight against the thread bump to get the proper splay/cant






tie in rib; return thread to 75% mark




prep wings (convex-to-convex)




measure (hook eye to bend), tie in, trim

[ScottP]

Part 2

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






counter-wrap rib; helicopter end




puul back wings, set angle with thread wraps in front






tie in hackle in front of wings




wrap hackle, tie off, trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN








Regards,
Scott

[NJTroutbum]

Like the pattern alot. Nicely done Scott.

I'm thinking a furnace quill for the rib (dark tip, to light)...for the sake of weight? But then that would remove the copper from the pattern.

Ralph

[ScottP]

Ralph,

I cut way back on thread wraps to compensate for the weight of the wire, and maintain the integrity of the pattern's name.
Kidding aside, swapping out the wire for something else (Midge Krystal Flash would be my choice) would work fine.


Regards,
Scott

[NJTroutbum]

Scott,understand completely. I figured you were sticking to the pattern.