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A pattern dressed for salmon and it works extremely well for them. With the wing 'skinnied down' and tied a little slimmer than the original scheme it takes on even more mobility and for some obscure reason it has a strange allure for both brown and sea trout. Cast a little upstream on a medium sinking tip and inducing a large bow in the line strip, strip strip and and all the force of hell usually lets loose.
The Dressing
Tube: 3/4" long aluminium
Thread: Black
Tag: Glo Brite No 9 Floss
Body: Orange Uni Tinsel
Rib: Silver wire
Hackle: Dark orange salmon shrimp patch
Wing: Black calf tail overlaid with long slim bunch of black dyed Cashmere goat hair overlaid with 4 strands of gold Krystalflash
Cheeks: Jungle cock nails
Tying Method
Step 1: Secure the tube in your chosen holder.
Step 2: Attach black tying thread.
Step 3: Tie in a doubled length of No 9 Glo Brite Floss. Wind thread to rear of hook and wind floss as tag. Apply a small blob of superglue and run around the floss to bond. Run thread to front of tube.
Step 4: Tie in length of silver wire. Run thread to end of tag and return to front of tube.
Step 5: Tie in a length of orange Uni Tinsel and run a small seam of superglue along the top of the tube.
Step 6: Wind the tinsel to the rear of the tube and back to the front to form body.
Step 7: Wind the wire in open turns to form rib.
Step 8: Tie in hackle as shown
Step 9: Double the hackle and wind to form collar
Step 10: Tie in a bunch of black dyed calf tail short and flat over the top of the tube.
Step 11: Overlay the calf tail with a slim bunch of black dyed Cashmere goat hair.
Step 12: Overlay the goat hair with 2 doubled lengths of fine Krystalflash
Step 13: Tie in a pair of jungle cock nails as cheeks.
Step 14: Whip finish
Step 15: Varnish to complete.
The finished article
The Dressing
Tube: 3/4" long aluminium
Thread: Black
Tag: Glo Brite No 9 Floss
Body: Orange Uni Tinsel
Rib: Silver wire
Hackle: Dark orange salmon shrimp patch
Wing: Black calf tail overlaid with long slim bunch of black dyed Cashmere goat hair overlaid with 4 strands of gold Krystalflash
Cheeks: Jungle cock nails
Tying Method
Step 1: Secure the tube in your chosen holder.
Step 2: Attach black tying thread.
Step 3: Tie in a doubled length of No 9 Glo Brite Floss. Wind thread to rear of hook and wind floss as tag. Apply a small blob of superglue and run around the floss to bond. Run thread to front of tube.
Step 4: Tie in length of silver wire. Run thread to end of tag and return to front of tube.
Step 5: Tie in a length of orange Uni Tinsel and run a small seam of superglue along the top of the tube.
Step 6: Wind the tinsel to the rear of the tube and back to the front to form body.
Step 7: Wind the wire in open turns to form rib.
Step 8: Tie in hackle as shown
Step 9: Double the hackle and wind to form collar
Step 10: Tie in a bunch of black dyed calf tail short and flat over the top of the tube.
Step 11: Overlay the calf tail with a slim bunch of black dyed Cashmere goat hair.
Step 12: Overlay the goat hair with 2 doubled lengths of fine Krystalflash
Step 13: Tie in a pair of jungle cock nails as cheeks.
Step 14: Whip finish
Step 15: Varnish to complete.
The finished article
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