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Copper Clouser

Nick Thomas
Easy
  1. Wind on layers of copper tape to build a tapered body using your thumbnail to break the tape off between layers. Leave room behind the hook eye to tie in the eyes and the wing.
  2. Run on the tying thread, make tight wraps over the body, and then coat with varnish.
  3. Tie in the eyes with figure of eight thread wraps.
  4. Cut a bunch of wing fibres to twice the desired length, taper by pulling out the ends and add a few strands of crystal flash.
  5. Tie in by the middle on top of the hook behind the eyes.
  6. Pull the fibres between the eyes, around the hook eye, and tie in behind the eyes.
  7. Whip finish, remove the thread and varnish around the head and eyes.
Materials
Hook Fasna F-900 #10/12
Thread UNI-mono
Eyes Brass dumbbells
Body Copper tape
Wing EP fibres and copper crystal flash

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