Tying the Deadly Duo (PART TWO)

Now we tie in the mallard flank feathers. I trim them up to look like the feathers in first picture. You need about two feathers for each jig,sometimes you need a little more,sometimes less.I tie the first feather in at the belly and secure with 6-8 good tight wraps and then trim excess. Turn jig over with hook point up and slide second feather into position.Hold feather in position and secure it with some thread wraps. If it doesn't look right to you unwrap and reposition feather and try again. Once feather is in place trim excess and turn back over. This step is optional .I like to add some hackle fibers and tie it in at the throat. Pull or cut some fibers from the color hackle feather of your choice. Tie in at throat. Once this is finished build a nice thread base and tie off. Add finish of your choice to protect thread if desired. I use SH occasionally but not often. Remove from vise. I think everyone knows how to install split ring to blade and blade to swivel,but if there are any questions I'll be happy to answer them. This is my first crack at doing a tutorial. I hope I explained the steps clearly.

Material list for the Deadly Duo which is a duck/tailspinner combination. Pliers, #12 roller swivel,(crane swivels can be subbed), 1/32 custom pillhead with 4mm 3-D eyes, ULTRA THREAD 70 YELLOW, Chartreuse Polar Flash, natural mallard flank feathers, #1/0 split rings and #00 hammered Indiana blade.

This is the finished bait. Picture may be a little dark.

Great job on the tutorial Mr Jungle Jim! These tutorials are what sets this site apart from the others! Nice jigs too, bud!

Great job JJ. I hope I'm as good a student as you are teacher.

I've been tying my favorite jig,the flash duck for a long time. The tailspins for less than a week. So far they have been doing really well for me. October is probably my favorite month of the year to fish and by adding these baits will definitely catch more next month. Come on cooler weather !!

JJ1 - Nice tutorial! Love seeing the subtle differences in the way we all tie. I have been waiting to see a 'flash duck' tutorial for awhile from the master.... you killed 2 birds with one stone!!! Will re-post it up on the main site pages on my next update - Thank You!

RonDon - I thought the same thing. Not many 'trade secrets' held here! HaHa!!!!! We are all learning from each other and the ideas and skills that are shared spark new ideas...

Excellent tutorial JJ1 - thnx for sharing - hope to see more

Fantastic! Starting to sound like a broken record, but everyone here has been showing off some amazing ties. Just received my first mallard flanks last week and anxious to see what happens with them. Was also curious how to tie and trim those as my feathers seem to be quite curved. Excellent tutorial Jim. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks everyone,I was happy to do it. There is a little time spent doing the tutorials, but is time well spent.Being retired I have more time than most of you. I've picked up some things on JigCraft that I really like so it was time to give something back. I am honored to have this in the tutorial section,please include the swivel installation as well, AF. I look for certain feathers when I'm trimming the fluff. The best one's are shaped like a willow leaf blade. You can cut some bigger feathers to this shape.Other feathers are trimmed in small sections to fill gaps or with many of my dyed feathers add color.