hook - Dai Riki 280 #16
thread - UTC 140 hopper yellow
hot spot/egg sac - Uni-stretch Chinese Red
body 1mm foam yellow
rib - tying thread
wing - deer hair bleached
legs - barred rubber fine
hackle - barred tan
Part 1
mash barb, start thread, tie in Uni-stretch and wrap back to bend
wrap egg sac, tie off
taper foam strip (not quite gap width), tie in
wrap foam forward; rib body, leave tag end of foam long
clean, stack, measure (gap width past bend) a clump of deer; tie in
Part 2
move thread to eye, poke a hole in the foam; pull up from underneath and secure at eye
pull foam back, tie down
add legs
tie in hackle and wrap forward; tie off, SHHAN
trim hackle underneath, trim foam & legs
dorsal
ventral
Regards,
Scott
I really like that method of wrapping/ribbing the foam - looks great for lots of applications.
herefishy,
Thanks. For a hook that small, I probably should have used .5mm foam to cut down on bulk a bit; next time. Here’s a Skwala version with a foam egg sac
Regards,
Scott