Bright Butt Sedgehog SBS

All about flies Fly Tying
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High-tie wing like a Mikulak Sedge and Nelson’s Caddis; don’t know which fly came first but they’re all pretty cool. Again, stacking the deer hair didn’t give the effect I was looking for, so for tail and wing it’s left “as-is” cut off the hide. Change colors to suit your needs.

hook - Dai Riki 320 #12
thread - MFC 8/0 sand
butt - Uni-stretch bright green
tail/wing - deer hair
body - Zelon dubbing hydropsyche
hackle - ginger saddle

Part 1

mash barb, start Uni-stretch, wrap halfway down bend and back up to barb; leave tag long

pull tag over butt, secure/trim, start thread

clean, measure (gap width past bend) a clump of deer hair; tie in/trim butts

dub thread/dub first section (make sure to take a wrap over the front of the wing)

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Part 2

clean, measure (tips to tail) another clump; tie in/trim

repeat dubbing

clean, measure (tips to previous wing); tie in/trim

repeat dubbing/winging sequence up the shank to about the 80% mark

rough the body up a bit

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Part 3

tie in hackle by tip

stroke fibers back and wrap; tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN (optional - hackle can be trimmed out underneath)

Red butt, olive body, brown hackle; a less-bushy version.

Regards,
Scott