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    Default Sunburst Muddler







    Used Davie McPhail's Sunburst Mayfly as the foundation with a few minor changes.

    hook ? WFC Model 6 #6
    thread - MFC 6/0 fire orange
    tag - Depth Ray fire orange
    tail - bleached pheasant tail dyed sunburst (1 Tbs Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)
    rib - small wire gold
    body - dubbing yellow/Ice Dub clear
    body hackle - dyed sunburst
    1st shoulder hackle - golden pheasant rump red
    2nd shoulder - chukar dyed sunburst
    head - deer hair dyed sunburst


    Regards,
    Scott
    Just a tourist passing through


    SBS Index updated 2/21/18

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    nice tie scott,

    reminds me of a mickey finn, I tie the same style pattern, but use all rabbit fur . a short zonker strip for a tail, loop dub the body, and palmer a zonker strip for the head/hackle or spin some rabbit fur for the head/hackle

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