Adams Superfly SBS

Fly Patterns
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Not one I’ll be tying with regularity; foam is so much easier. Did not know Ron O’Neal was a fly fisherman; don’t ask no questions why.

hook - Dai Riki 135 #12
thread/body - UTC 140 grey brown
core - 7lb mono
tail - stripped hackle stems grizzly
abdomen - elk hair dun
thorax - muskrat
wing - hen grizzly
hackle - grizzly/brown

Part 1

put a loop on the end of the mono

mash barb, start thread at mid-point, tie in mono

prep hackle stems; tie in

hook mono onto gallows; clean, stack some elk, trim butts/tie in, allowing hair to encircle hook

pull fibers back along mono, rib up (shank length), and back to base

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Part 2

trim mono, elk and hackle stems

measure (shank length) a pair of hackle tips, set convex to convex, tie in, set upright with wraps on either side of base

set dihedral, leaning towards the horizontal, with Figure-8 wraps at wing base

tie in thread loop

tie in hackles

wrap hackles (tried wrapping one at a time - not recommended; also, you want to use hackle with the thinnest stems you can find) up (thorax width) and back down; tie off/trim tips (I should have dubbed the thorax before the hackle; it would have been much easier)

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Part 3

stroke hackle fibers back

dub thread/dub thorax

pull hackle over thorax; tie down

tie off/trim, whip finish, SHHAN; them Fokkers were Messerschmitts

Regards,
Scott

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That is one nice looking fly wish my dry fly tying sucks I can only wish it was that good

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Lol!..

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You have the thumbnail of a proven master tier … post # 3 image 1

your Adams Superfly SBS is exquisite and true work of art that I would cast in a second with much enjoyment … :slight_smile:

Thanks for sharing your work…