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 Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Tie in thread at hook eye and wind back approximately 1/3 hook shank length. 2) Tie on wood duck with tips facing forward (toward hook eye). Lift up wood duck wing and wrap thread in front of it until it stands by itself. Split wood duck in half with bodkin and use X wrap to separate wings. 3) Wrap thread back to bend of hook. Tie on hackle fibers for tails. Wrap over top of hackle fibers to wing base creating smooth tapered under body. 4) Dub a thin tapered body to base of wing. 5) Tie in Hackle shiny side toward the tail. 6) Wrap hackle forward to hook eye making 2-3 wraps behind the wing and 4-6 wraps in front of the wing. 7) Whip finish head - you're done! Note : The body of muskrat on this fly is the original dubbing. If you tie this fly for the Oatka Hendickson hatch substitute Beaver dubbing (natural). |
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When I was 13 my parents gave me a fly fishing outfit for my birthday. That year I spent a lot of time trying to fly fishing on our local trout stream. I caught nothing the whole summer. My dad, not being a fisherman, couldn't understand how I could keep going back day after day. One day a friend of his a work suggested we visit Carl Coleman who had a fly fishing store in the basement of his house. We went to Carl's and bought a fly tying kit, and Carl told us of a man who lived in my neighborhood named Lynn Holt who might help me tie some flies. That winter, Lynn graciously let me come over to his house on Wednesday nights to tie flies. The very first trip that next spring I caught my first Trout. Lynn did not ask for anything for all the lessons he gave me, he did it for the love of the sport. He was passing on a gift that will last me a lifetime.
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