[ScottP]

Rusty Gates marries a Hairwing dun to a Stimulator. Another fly that could serve, with a few changes, for any of the plus-sized drakes.

hook - TMC 5212 #6
thread/rib - UTC 140 hopper yellow
tail - moose body hair
shuck - Congo Hair brown
body - deer hair
body hackle - grizzly (undersize by 2)
front hackle - brown/grizzly mix
wing - deer hair


mash barb, start thread at 2/3 mark, wrap back to point above barb




clean, stack, measure (hook length) some moose body fibers; tie in, trim






tie in a sparse hank of CH






clean, stack, measure (tips should extend gap width past the barb) a clump of deer hair




2 soft loops, slowly apply/release/apply tension and let the hair surround the hook shank




trim butts, then tie in hackle




spiral rib to the bend, then a couple tight wraps to flare the tips




spiral hackle back to bend, capture tip with thread, then continue return crossing wraps to 2/3 mark, tie off, trim, smooth with thread






tie in hackles




wrap brown



then grizzly




tie off, trim, smooth head with thread wraps




clean, stack, measure (tips even with flared body tips) another clump of deer hair




tie in, trim butts






half hitch x 2, SHHAN, trim bottom of front hackle even with body hackle



dorsal



ventral

[austrotard]

66.6%

I believe you've a fan.
cheers.

[Heero[CntRmbrPwd]]

It looks like someone took every material ever used in a dry fly then decided to cram them all onto one fly. I guess it just needs some foam.

[ScottP]

66.6%

I believe you've a fan.
cheers.

Proportions and thread torque; manage them and you can tie just about any trout fly. Salmon flies? something different has to happen there; still trying to figure what that is.

[RaZ]

nice SBS. looks like your thumb is healing.

[ScottP]

looks quite normal already....bash that fucker with a hammer again, it adds character

almost 6 months for it to migrate out

[truteya]

Cool bug Scott and thanks again for all the contributions. I've not fished a hex hatch in decades. They say they're in the poudre through town, they're wrong.

[ScottP]

It looks like someone took every material ever used in a dry fly then decided to cram them all onto one fly. I guess it just needs some foam.

Carnage variation (see SBS)

[pbrstreetgang]

wasn't there a contract that promised to keep all your SBS posts in one thread? I'd really really hate if this place became peppered with these