Published Sep 1. 2015 - 8 years ago
Updated or edited Jan 8. 2016
Chicken or Pasta Fly
Articles w/pattern
Originator:
Martin Joergensen
Pattern type:
Cold saltwater fly
Skill level/difficulty:
Easy
Instruction:
- Tie the rib over the hook bend.
- Follow by the tan brush.
- Cover the shank with the tan brush, leaving a bit of space for the red one.
- Cut surplus and cover the stub.
- Tie in the red brush and wrap it a turn or two.
- Cut surplus and cover the stub.
- Leave a bit of space for the skin strip and the head.
- Tie in the strip just behind the hook eye and pull backwards.
- Tie it down with the rib in a few open turns and finish the rib just behind the hook eye.
- Trim rib and form a small head.
- Whip finish and varnish.
Species:
Materials:
Hook | Great, well proportioned, beefy Gamakatsu SC15 - Wide Gape, curved, size 4 or 2 |
Thread | Bland, boring black 6/0 |
Rib | Plain copper wire - unvarnished so that i becomes dull in no time |
Body | Pre-made, drab, boring, sand colored Siman dubbing brush on copper wire |
Throat | Dull, tasteless red dubbing brush - also Siman |
Wing/tail | Natural, not overly interesting rabbit zonker strip |
Head | Ordinary tying thread |
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