Copper Still March Brown SBS

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More goodness from Appalachia. Original called for ginger variant hackle tips for the wings - best of luck finding that. I dyed some grizzly hen; don’t think the fish will care.

hook - Dai Riki 320 #14
thread - MFC 8/0 brown
tail - ginger hackle
rib - x-small wire copper
abdomen - Uni-stretch camel
wing - hen hackle tips grizzly-dyed tan
hackle - grizzly/ginger

Part 1

Mash down barb, start thread at 75% mark; wrap back to point above barb and make a small bump

clip, stack and measure (shank) a clump of ginger hackle fibers; tie in tight against the thread bump to get the proper splay/cant

tie in rib; return thread to 75% mark

prep wings (convex-to-convex)

measure (hook eye to bend), tie in, trim

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Part 2

tie in Uni-stretch, wrap body; tie off/trim

counter-wrap rib; helicopter end

puul back wings, set angle with thread wraps in front

tie in hackle in front of wings

wrap hackle, tie off, trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

Regards,
Scott

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Like the pattern alot. Nicely done Scott.

I’m thinking a furnace quill for the rib (dark tip, to light)…for the sake of weight? But then that would remove the copper from the pattern. :slight_smile:

Ralph

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Ralph,

I cut way back on thread wraps to compensate for the weight of the wire, and maintain the integrity of the pattern’s name. :smiley:
Kidding aside, swapping out the wire for something else (Midge Krystal Flash would be my choice) would work fine.

Regards,
Scott

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Scott,understand completely. I figured you were sticking to the pattern. :slight_smile: