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Floss Grub

Nick Thomas
Easy
  1. Run on the tying thread behind the bead and take down to the bend and back in touching turns.
  2. Catch in a length of floss behind the bead, tie down back to the bend and wind the thread forward keeping the body smooth.
  3. Wind the floss forward under tension in overlapping turns and continue to wrap up and down the hook forming a tapered body leaving a space behind the bead.
  4. Tie in the floss behind the bead and remove the waste end.
  5. Dub the collar, smear the thread with varnish and whip finish.
  6. Brush out the dubbing fibres.
Materials
Hook Get Slotted GS Pupa #14
Bead Get Slotted 2.3mm tungsten counter hole or 2.8mm tungsten jig-off
Body Dental floss tape
Collar Get Slotted olive H&S dubbing

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