Delaware Adams Wulff SBS

All about flies Fly Tying
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Brookie bait; tied Bomber style here.

hook - TMC 5212 #10
thread - Danville 6/0 brown
tail - hackle fibers brown/grizzly
rib - x-small wire gold
body - dubbing olive
body hackle - grizzly (undersize by 2)
wing - calftail white
hackle - brown/grizzly

Part 1

mash barb, start thread at 3/4 mark

clean, stack, measure (shank length) a clump of calftail; tie in tips facing forward, trim butts at an angle, dose it with Sally and wrap to the bend

strip some hackle fibers, mix, measure (2x gap width), tie in/ smooth junction with wing butts

tie in rib

dub body to 2/3 mark

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Part 2

tie in hackle, wrap to bend

capture tip with wire, continue rib thru hackle, helicopter end, cover with thread; trim hackle tip

pull wing up, set angle with thread dam

tie in hackles

wrap hackles, tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

Regards,
Scott

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Scott,

Out of curiousity, did you wrap you hackles backwards and then secure them with the tying thread at the back of the wing?

Regards,

Alberto

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Alberto,

First turn is tight against the front of the wings, second is tight against the back, next 2 turns back to the dubbed body, then forward thru to the eye; tends to splay the hackle creating the buggy look I want. Got that from A.K. Best’s Production Fly Tying; prefer that look over hackle wrapped strictly back to front.

Regards,
Scott