1.Attach the thread behind the eye and run a thread base to the bend of the hook.
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2. Attach two peacock herl at the bend of the hook and secure the herl along the top of the hook shank. |
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3. Attach an extra fine wire to the top of the hook shank securing the wire back to the bend of the hook. |
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4. Wrap the two strands forward evenly without overlap to an eyelength behind the eye. |
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5. Attach a Grizzly hackle by the butt with the concave side facing you. The hackle should be no longer than 1.5 x's the hook gap. |
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6. Wrap the hackle, evenly spaced, back to the bend of the hook and secure with a pinch of the ribbing wire. |
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7. Wrap the ribbing wire forward through the hackle fibers up to the eye and secure with a couple of thread wraps. Break off the wire by moving it back and forth against the thread. It will break close to the thread. |
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8. Wrap a small head and whip finish |
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9. Apply a drop of head cement. |
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10. The finished Griffith's Gnat. |
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