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1. After starting thread tie on red deer or hackle for the tail (1/2 shank length).
2.Form a loop in the body material and tie in, have tag cover half the shank to form a smooth base.
3. Tie in brown hackle for rib.
4.Wrap body forward covering half the shank.
5. Wrap hackle forward thickly over body material.
6. Trim the hackle tight on the sides of the fly.
7. Tie in one of the lacquered turkey quill segments on far side of the hook.
8. Tie in the other turkey quill segment on the near side of the hook.
9. Tie in one brown and one grizzly hackle. Use thread to smooth the base for wrapping hackles.
10. Wrap hackles forward one at a time leaving room for a head. Tie them off and trim butts.
11. Whip finish and lacquer thread.
12. Trim turkey at an angle from body extension out at about 45 degrees.
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