Foamed up version of the [b]standard pattern[/b]. Tied here as a salmonfly; don’t have a scud hook big enough to handle a bug this size so I subbed with the TFS iron (shorter shank than the Dai Riki 280) and it seemed to balance okay.
hook - TFS 2305 #4
thread - UTC 140 burnt orange
core - 25lb Mason
rib - x-small wire gold
underbody - moose body hair
body/head - 2mm foam rust
body hackle - brown (undersize by 3)
wing - elk hair
thorax - shmootz from the base of an orange/grizzly hackle
hackle - grizzly dyed orange (1TBS Rit orange, 1 cup water)
front wing - elk hair
Part 1
put a loop in the mono
mash barb, start thread; tie in mono and rib
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clean, stack some moose body hair; tie in, hook loop onto gallows
wrap moose hair up (a bit past the bend) and back; trim tips (optional)
tie in foam strip (1/2 gap width) at eye; fold, tie down at eye to create head, trim
tie in second foam strip (1/3 hook gap), brush underbody with Super Glue, wrap up and back, adjusting tension/overlap to create tapered body; tie off/trim
tie in hackle at base of body, palmer to tip
rib thru hackle, helicopter end, cover with thread; trip hackle tip
clean, stack, measure (tips to rear of body) a healthy clump of elk, trim butts, tie in
Thanks Dave. This one took a bit over 15 minutes; first time tying this variation and I was trying to work out proportions on the fly (no pun intended). Future ones should go a little faster, although probably not that much.
