- Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:00 am
#696495
Golden Olive Bumble Hog

Another one I found on the Shetland Anglers site
hook – WFC Model 6 #8
thread - UTC 140 woodduck
tail - golden pheasant tippet over fluoro yellow yarn
body - dubbing golden olive
wing(s) - deer hair dyed golden olive (1 Tbs Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water overdyed with 1 Tbs Rit Golden Yellow, 1 Tsp Rit Dark Green/4 cups water)
hackle - Mearns Quail (jay substitute) dyed blue (Regatta - 3/4 Tsp Rit Aquamarine, 1/4 Tsp Rit Royal Blue/4 cups water)
Mash barb, start thread

Tie in yarn, wrap to bend

Measure (shank length) some gp tippets; tie in


Dub thread, dub to 1/4 mark


Clean, stack, measure (1/2 tail length) a clump of deer hair; tie in/trim butts


Dub to 1/2 mark


Add second wing (tips even with first)


Dub to 3/4 mark

Third wing


Tie in quail by tip; wrap, tie off/trim, SHHAN


Trim yarn (1/2 tail)




Another one I found on the Shetland Anglers site
hook – WFC Model 6 #8
thread - UTC 140 woodduck
tail - golden pheasant tippet over fluoro yellow yarn
body - dubbing golden olive
wing(s) - deer hair dyed golden olive (1 Tbs Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water overdyed with 1 Tbs Rit Golden Yellow, 1 Tsp Rit Dark Green/4 cups water)
hackle - Mearns Quail (jay substitute) dyed blue (Regatta - 3/4 Tsp Rit Aquamarine, 1/4 Tsp Rit Royal Blue/4 cups water)
Mash barb, start thread

Tie in yarn, wrap to bend

Measure (shank length) some gp tippets; tie in


Dub thread, dub to 1/4 mark


Clean, stack, measure (1/2 tail length) a clump of deer hair; tie in/trim butts


Dub to 1/2 mark


Add second wing (tips even with first)


Dub to 3/4 mark

Third wing


Tie in quail by tip; wrap, tie off/trim, SHHAN


Trim yarn (1/2 tail)



I’ll change my bait, and move upstate
Before the season closes
RIP Walter
Before the season closes
RIP Walter