AllenOK
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Took this pic under natural sunlight after I got the jigs tied. I used the materials I custom-dyed earlier; I made a post showing the end results of the dye job.
They were rather easy to tie, just took awhile to do each one. Start the thread, create a dubbing loop at the bend, and fill the loop with some sparkly blue dubbing. Supposed to use SLF, but I don't have any in that shade, and I couldn't find any at my "local" fly shop. Ended up using cut up EP fibers in blue. Once the dubbing loop is spun up, create a "ball" of dubbing. Tie in a guinea feather by the tip, and wrap the feather like a soft hackle. Tie off. Tie in a black Schlappen feather by the tip. Tie in 5 strands of blue krystal flash (supposed to use sparkle braid, don't have any in that shade). Advance the thread to the 25% point. Wrap the krystal flash in touching turns to the 25% point, tie off and trim the excess. Palmer wrap the schlappen to the same point, and tie off. Trim the excess. Create another dubbing loop, fill with some of the blue sparkly stuff, spin it, and make another dubbing ball. Tie in another guinea feather by the tip, and wrap it like a soft hackle. Tie in a dyed-blue grizzly hackle feather on either side. Trim the excess, whip finish, and SHHAN and you're done!
These were originally a pattern for an articulated fly, or a tube fly. Supposedly Steelhead are bad about short-striking, so this was supposed to increase hookups. It wasn't until I was ready to send the package off for the swap that I read the regulation about hook sizes in Michigan streams. Single-point hooks aren't supposed to be greater than 1/2" from point to shank. Dang it.
They were rather easy to tie, just took awhile to do each one. Start the thread, create a dubbing loop at the bend, and fill the loop with some sparkly blue dubbing. Supposed to use SLF, but I don't have any in that shade, and I couldn't find any at my "local" fly shop. Ended up using cut up EP fibers in blue. Once the dubbing loop is spun up, create a "ball" of dubbing. Tie in a guinea feather by the tip, and wrap the feather like a soft hackle. Tie off. Tie in a black Schlappen feather by the tip. Tie in 5 strands of blue krystal flash (supposed to use sparkle braid, don't have any in that shade). Advance the thread to the 25% point. Wrap the krystal flash in touching turns to the 25% point, tie off and trim the excess. Palmer wrap the schlappen to the same point, and tie off. Trim the excess. Create another dubbing loop, fill with some of the blue sparkly stuff, spin it, and make another dubbing ball. Tie in another guinea feather by the tip, and wrap it like a soft hackle. Tie in a dyed-blue grizzly hackle feather on either side. Trim the excess, whip finish, and SHHAN and you're done!
These were originally a pattern for an articulated fly, or a tube fly. Supposedly Steelhead are bad about short-striking, so this was supposed to increase hookups. It wasn't until I was ready to send the package off for the swap that I read the regulation about hook sizes in Michigan streams. Single-point hooks aren't supposed to be greater than 1/2" from point to shank. Dang it.
