Beatty's EZY Kolzer Adams SBS

[ScottP]

Al Beatty's Wonderwing Adams variation, influenced (the hackled body) by Oregon tyer John Kolzer.


hook - Dai Riki 300 #10
thread - Danville 6/0 brown
tail - hackle fibers brown/grizzly mix
rib - x-fine wire gold
body - muskrat
body hackle - brown/grizzly (undersize by 2)
wing - grizzly saddle (Wonderwing style)
hackle - brown/grizzly


Part 1

mash barb, start thread; tie in rib, wrap to bend




clip, stack and measure (shank) a clump of mixed brown & grizzly hackle fibers; tie in/trim






prep a pair of rooster hackles (convex sides facing each other); trim butts




measure (gap width); pull fibers back at that point, tie in a bit short and pull to proper length (shank), trim fiber tips








pull wings back, set angle with thread dam in front

[ScottP]

Part 2

dub thread/dub body to 2/3 mark






tie in (underzized) body hackle; wrap both to tail, capture tips with wire






wrap wire thru hackle; helicopter end/cover with thread






tie in front hackle




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








Regards,
Scott