Wilcox LGM (variation) SBS

All about flies Fly Tying
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Didn’t have any micro tubing in purple, as per the original, so I subbed some Sexi-floss; fish didn’t care. Easy to tie - chartreuse, red, pheasant tail, black, tan abdomens are killer, too (change wire/thorax as needed).

hook - Dai Riki 060 #18
thread - MFC 6/0 purple
rib - 34 ga. wire purple
tail - pheasant tail
abdomen - Sexi-floss purple
wing buds - Congo Hair white
thorax - Ice Dub UV brown
shellback/wingcase - medium tinsel pearl (coat with UV Knotsense - optional)
bead - 1/16" copper

Part 1

mash barb, slide bead on hook

tie in rib, wrap to bend

measure (shank length) a few pheasant fibers; tie in

tie in Sexi-floss (split the strand with a needle and used 1/2 width to keep bulk down; for larger flies you can use the whole); wrap to bead, tie off/trim

counterwrap rib; helicopter end/tie down

tie in shellback/wingcase

tie in CH mid-thorax (like a spinner wing)

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Part 2

dub thread/dub thorax (cross wing tie-in top and bottom)

pull tinsel forward; tie off/trim, whip finish

trim wing buds

cover tinsel with UV product (only had the wader repair stuff; Knotsense thicker?)

Hot beads and zebras were okay, but the LGMs (Little Green Machine) worked really well here the past few days

Regards,
Scott

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Very nice once again Scott! Looks awesome out there as well.

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Here’s one tied with olive micro tubing/wire, a true Green Machine

Regards,
Scott

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Scott,

That VW pattern is one of my favorites…I have also been tying them on Daiichi 1130 hooks. They have taken a lot of Trout for me, over the years, here in the Sierras…

https://planettrout.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/lgm-var-dna-1.jpg

PT/TB :wink:

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Is that the San Juan?

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No; it’s a tailwater in central, MT.

Regards,
Scott