1. Start thread about 4/5 near hook eye. Build a thread base up to hook barb. Tie in the tinsel and the floss. advance the thread to the 4/5 position. |
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2. Wrap the floss evenly up to the 4/5 position and secure. |
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3. Wrap the tindel ribbing evenly spaced up to the 4/5 position and secure. |
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4. With a small bundle of white bucktail, even up the tips in a hackle stacker. Attach a bundle of white bucktail beneath the shank at the 4/5 position with the ends of bucktail reaching the bend of the hook. |
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5. Tie four olive-gray saddle hackles for the wings. Watch symmetry and length. | ||
6. Attach a curving golden pheasant crest so that it follows the arch of the hen hackles feathers. If you bind the threads across some of the pheasant fibers, this will keep it from twisting on you. |
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7. Attach a pair of peacock herls on either side of the shank. The herl should not exceed the hen hackles. |
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8. Tie in the Shoulders of silver pheasant body feather. |
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9. Tie in the jungle cock eyes for the cheeks. |
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10. Build up a small head, whip finish, and varnish head. |
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