The Belmont (variation) SBS

All about flies Fly Tying
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Not the third leg of the Triple Crown; a lake pattern from Shetland. Wouldn’t have bothered with a SBS since most of it is pretty basic, but I was watching a Davie McPhail video and saw a cool way to tie in peacock sword, keeping the curvature of the fibers intact, so I thought I’d throw it in.

hook - Mustad 3399A #12
thread - Danville 6/0 black
rib - tinsel gold
abdomen - peacock herl
hackle - hen brown
underwing - Krystal Flash red
wing - peacock sword

Part 1

mash barb, start thread, tie in tinsel and wrap to bend

tie in some peacock; twist around thread and wrap forward, one eye width back from the eye

counterwrap rib; tie off/trim

strip fibers off one side of hackle, tie in by tip; wrap, tie off/trim

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Part 2

stroke fibers down, back, cover with thread

tie in KF; trim even with bend

trim some sword fibers, still attached to the quill

measure (gap width past bend), curved over the back

tie in, trim, build head, whip, SHHAN (thanks again, Davie)

Regards,
Scott

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Nice technique Scott, via Davie McPhail, I like that effect.
Mike