Carson Lake Special SBS

Found this one on Don Bastian’s site; a vintage pattern of Western origins. Also tied in black body, tail, body hackle.

hook - Mustad 3906 #4
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tag/rib/head - Uni-stretch green
tail - hackle tip brown
body - fox squirrel
body hackle - brown (clipped)
hackle - hen grizzly

Part 1

mash barb, start thread, tie in Uni-stretch and wrap to hook point

wrap tag back to barb

measure (gap width past bend) a hackle tip; tie in front of tag

dub thread/dub body to 80% mark

tie in hackle at front of body (sorry; no pic); reverse palmer to tail

twist the Uni-stretch tight; capture tip of hackle, continue wrapping thru the hackle

Part 2

clip hackle (half the gap)

tie in (folded) hackle by tip

wrap, capture tip with Uni-Stretch

build head, tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

Regards,
Scott

i like it thanks