Early Nelson SBS

[ScottP]

A peacock-bodied roughwater Adams-like dry; attributed to Cap Weise from the fertile foothills of western N.C.

hook - Dai Riki 320 #12
thread - MFC 8/0 brown
tail - moose body
rib - wire x-small gold
abdomen - peacock herl
wing - hen hackle tips grizzly
hackle - grizzly/brown


Part 1


Mash down barb, start thread at 2/3 mark, wrap back to bend




clean, stack, measure (shank) some moose body hair; tie in, wrap to initial tie-in/trim butts






prep wings (convex-to-convex)




measure (hook eye to bend), tie in at 70% mark, trim







tie in rib, wrap back to bend




tie in peacock




wrap peacock forward to 2/3 mark

[ScottP]

Part 2

counter-wrap wire; helicopter end, cover with thread




pull 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

[herefishy]

Nice fly again, Scott. One question - do you tie the hackle in front of the wings, then wrap thread back through wings to tie down hackle behind wings, or wrap hackle back, then forward? I'm not quite getting that.

[ScottP]

I like a bushy hackle and use A.K. Best's method. After hackle tie-in, the thread is moved forward to 1 hook eye width back from eye (index point). 1st hackle wrap (with this 2-hackle configuration, it's the brown) is in front of the wing/wings, cross behind on the backside, 2nd wrap directly behind wing, 3rd wrap at the back end of the hackling area (usually the 70% mark if I get it right), 4th wrap between 2 and 3 (splays the fibers), 5th crosses under the wing and in front of 1, then continue to index point. With the grizzly, it's a matter of wiggling it back-and forth to fit between brown - usually 2 wraps to the back then to the front and tie off with the brown. Sounds a bit more complicated than it is - creates the dense hackle I'm looking for and helps lock the wing in place.
My bad; next fly I'll take some pics to illustrate.

Regards,
Scott

[herefishy]

I like it.