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 Fly Tier: Richardt Jensen |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Tie on thread near hook eye. 2) Tie on oval tinsel and wrap a smooth thread underbody back to hook bend. 3) Tie on silver tinsel and wrap a smooth thread underbody back to hook eye. 4) Wrap the body with the flat silver tinsel and rib it with the oval tinsel. 5) Tie on a saddle hackle behind the hook eye and wrap a collar. 6) Tie on a sparse wing of squirrel tail. 7) Tie a neat head and whip finish. 8) Remove the fly from the vise. 9) Cut a small piece of modeling compound ( Sculpey III or Plasticine) approximately 2 inches square by 1/2 inch thick. Take a ballpoint pen or marker with a conical tip and press it into the compound, do not go all of the way through. This depression will be the mold for the head of the fly. Take a Q-tip and coat the inside of the depression with Vaseline, this will keep the hot glue from sticking to the mold. Fill the depression with hot glue from a hot glue gun and take your finished fly and push it hook eye first through the hot glue. Give the glue a minute or so to harden and remove the fly. You can now paint on eyes or use stick on eyes and coat the head with hard as nails. This process is easier and quicker than it sounds just tie the flies ahead of time and use a couple of pieces of modeling compound to make several heads at once. Note : You can make H.G.H. flies out of you favorite streamer patterns. |
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