Tying Directions:
- Tie the foam in at the bend of the hook as if it was going to be a big
wing hanging off the back. (Start out with an appropriately sized piece of
fly foam, for a size 6 about an inch and a half.)
- Take the mono eyes and tie them in looking back, one on one side of the
foam and one on the other side. You might want to put a drop of glue on
these.
- Tie in the claws right over the eyes.
- Tie in a large saddle hackle right behind the eyes.
- Wrap some lead wire around the shank.
- Tie in the yarn for the body and wrap forward, tie off, trim excess.
- Palmer the saddle back to the eye and tie off, trim excess.
- Take the piece of foam that's been your wing and fold it over the body
like a big wing case. Tie it at the back.
- Wrap your thread, in open spirals, towards the head making three segments.
Reverse and wrap over the same wraps back to the eye of the hook, tie off
the fly.
- Take your scissors and cut off the remaining foam in a semi circular
manner.
Notes:
I like this fly to float -- barely. (Max Root, the originator, says
"neutral buoyancy") So you have to experiment with the amount of
weight needed. Use weight on the tippet or a sink-tip line to get the fly down
to the fish.
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