Ungulate Paradun SBS

All about flies Fly Tying
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Life in a world without chickens (as a nod to Margaret Atwood; Happy Birthday). Pocketwater edition; this one will not lack for floatation.

hook - Dai Riki 300 #10
thread - UTC 140 grey brown
tail - deer hair
body - muskrat
wing - Congo Hair white
hackle - deer hair

Part 1

mash barb, start thread at 3/4 mark

loop a hank of CH (hooking it on the gallows makes it much easier to control the hackling process); tie in over the front of the hook, trim butts, cover with thread

clean, stack, measure (shank length) a clump of deer hair; tie in, trim, cover with thread

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Part 2

dub thread/dub body to CH

create a thread loop

post wing, wrapping loop; hook wing onto gallows

dub head, finishing at base of wing

clean, stack, measure (hook length) a clump of deer hair; place it in clip and trim butts

wax loop, insert clip; slide off, trapping deer hair butts, release clip and spin, creating hackle

moisten fingers, stroke deer hair fibers back

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Part 3

wrap deer hair around post from the top down, capture tag with thread wraps at base of wing; half hitch x 2 at wing base, SHHAN

trim wing

Regards,
Scott

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Works for me… I bet it floats like a champ

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Wow, Scott. How in the name of Lee Wulff did you get the deer hair to play so nice?

Joe

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Joe,

A lot of spit on the fingers (the seamy side of tying that no one talks about :)). Still have some bugs to work out here; this one was more of a concept that needs to be refined.

Regards,
Scott

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Beautiful fly. Well done.

Joe