1. Tie in small Black Chain eyes just behind the eye of the hook , leaving enough room to tie off. Lay a thread base back along the shank of the hook to just behind the hook barb. |
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2. Tie in an Olive marabou tail that is about half the hook shank length. Wrap the marabou up to the thorax location and bring thread back to the base of the tail. |
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3. Attach a monofilment ribbing and also a plastic strip about 1/4" wide to the tail tie-off position. |
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4. Dub Olive Brown Scintilla to the thread and start the dubbing at the tail-in position. Try to keep this as thin as possible. |
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5. Dub over the marabou abdomen with Olive Brown Scintilla. Stop just past the midway point on the shaqnk. |
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6. Bring the plastic strip over the abdomen and secure with thread wraps. Wrap the monofilament ribbing over the plastic up to the thorax region and tie off. |
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7. Dub a thorax of Olive Brown Scintilla. |
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8. Tie in an Olive Mallard Flank Hackle and adjust the fibers so that they extend just past the thorax from each side. |
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9. Bring the plastic wingcase over the thorax and secure. |
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10. Apply more dubbing to the thread . |
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11. Wrap the Olive Brown Scintilla dubbing over the mono eyes to form a head. |
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12. Tie off and Whip finish. Tease out a number of fibers from below the fly with a piece of velcro and sweep back. |
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