Tying Instructions:
1. Start thread behind eye and wrap a thread base back to the bend.
2. Wrap thread back to the bend and dub a thin, tapered body 2/3 of the
way forward.
3. Palmer hackle 5-6 evenly spaced wraps through the dubbing starting 2/3
the way forward and working back to the bend.
4. Tie in a clump of deer hair at the hook bend for the tail, approximately
1 1/2 the shank length. This will form the tail and shellback.
5. Trim hackle fibers from the top and pull shellback hair forward to tie
down in front of body. Apply a small drop of lacquer to shellback and
spread it out evenly with your finger.
6. Tie in a few deer hairs extending over the eye of the hook the same
length as the tail to form the antennae.
7. Tie in a grizzly hackle in front of the body, wrap forward to the eye,
tie off and whip finish for a completed Funk's Special.
Fishing Suggestions:
This is a truly versatile attractor that has done extremely well in the
rivers, beaver dams, and mountain lakes of Colorado's North Park and in other
regions. It can be fished either dry or wet, but I generally rub a bit of
floatant in and fish it dry. ~ T. Markus Funk
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