The Fly Box
This is the fly of the month.
Materials
Size 6 - natural bend wet fly hook
Yellow size 6/o thread
1 mm Spirit River foam
Zonker metal strip, brads or lead for weighting
Biots for tail and legs
Antennae material
Dirty yellow fine dubbing
Black plastic bead eyes
Wing burners for shaping wing pads
1.prepare 6+ weighted hook sets
2.prepare 6x 6 legs from biots (wet)
3.prepare two wing pads from burners
4.color foam strip with gold sharpie with black along back edge
5.wrap thread to bend and tie in foam
6.make two wraps of foam, secure and tie in pair of bio tails, secure with thread and glue
7.continue wrapping foam to mid shank
8.dub and cut off extra foam
9.secure 1st pair of legs with tips facing forward, glue
10.dub over legs, then tie in first wing pad
11.dub forward, tie in 2nd pair of legs, dub again, glue
12.advance dub forward and tie in 3rd pair of legs
13.secure 2nd wing case with tail of the foam wing case extended forward
15.small amount of dubbing, then secure eyes
16.fold foam to the rear to cover the eyes, final dub and finish securing thread
Local Resources for Fly Fishing and Tying
Hobbytown
919C North East Street
Frederick, MD
(Fly tying supplies only)
Phone: 301-694-7395
Hunting Creek Outfitters
9 North Market Street
Frederick, MD
(301) 668-4333
The Gun Shack & Cross-Winds
101 S. Main StreetMt. Airy, MD
(301) 829-0122
Yellow Breeches Outfitters
P.O. Box 200
2 First Street
Boiling Springs, PA 17007
(717)258-6752
B & F Custom Fishing Rods
8712 Baltimore National Pike
Middletown, Md. 21769
301-371-5617 OR 301-371-4205
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