Lunn's Spent Gnat SBS

Fly Patterns
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From across the pond. In the right colors, could make some interesting drake spinners.

hook - Mustad 94840 #10
thread - Danville 6/0 brown
tail - pheasant tail
rib - x-small wire gold
body - Swiss Straw cream
wings - hen hackle tips white
hackle - brown
collar - sharptail grouse

Part 1

mash barb, start thread, tie in rib, wrap to bend

measure (hook length) some pt fibers; tie in

tie in a strip of Swiss Straw; wrap to 2/3 mark, tie off/trim

counterwrap rib, helicopter end, cover with thread

measure (gap width/hook length) a pair of hen hackle tips (convex facing)

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Part 2

tie in/trim

set upright with thread wraps in front of base

splay with cross wraps

tie in hackle/wrap; tie off/trim

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Part 3

tie in grouse by tip

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

Regards,
Scott

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Cool looking fly.

Outstanding SBS pictures…outstanding! Makes tying that much more inspirational.

Wish I had the want to play with my camera but - I don’t.

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Same Lunn of Lunn’s Particular fame?

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Beautiful fly and SBS.
Was the collar originally something different, e.g. French partridge?
Thanks,
Ed

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Yes it is; William Lunn.

From what I can tell, the fly is usually tied with a brown partridge collar; I’ve got a lot of sharptail and like how it looks so I figured I’d try it here. I’m sure French partridge would look nice, as well.

Regards,
Scott

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Beautifully tied, like always. Thanks for all the time you take to turn out the SBS’s. I wonder if trimming the hackle out of the bottom would let it lay more like a spent bug, with the wings in contact with the film ?