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1.Form a thread base on the hook, finishing with thread 1/8 inch behind the hook eye. |
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2. Secure monofilment nymph eyes 1/8 inch behind the hook eye, securing on top of the shank with crossing wraps. Super Glue the eyes in place. |
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3. Attach copper ribbing wire to the shank, finishing with thread directly above the hook barb. |
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| 4. Dub a heavy abdomen halfway to the hook eye. | |
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5. Attach a saddle hackle butt section on top of the hook shank at the midpoint. (Milt prefers saddle hackle butts from furnace or natural brown genetic saddles with a silvery, medium dun coloration) |
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6. Using a bodkin to separate fibers, wind the rib through and over top of the saddle butt. Tie off just forward of the abdomen. |
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7. Snip the Saddle Hackle about 3/16 inch behind the bend of the hook to represent a tail. |
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8. Dub a foundation thorax to within 1/8 inch of monofilment eyes to help support the turkey wing. Tie in the mottled turkey wing case strip just behind the eyes. |
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9. Dub a heavy thorax over the Turkey wingcase to the start of the abdomen and back to just behind the eyes. |
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10. Bring the Turkey Wingcase over the thorax and secure with thread wraps just behing the eye. |
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11. From beneath the thorax attach a section of mottled Turkey Flat for legs just behind the eyes. |
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12. Adjust the fiber lengths to sweep behind the thorax about 1/2 the shank length. |
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13. Pull the mottled turkey back out of the way and dub the eye area with a dubbing noodle. |
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14. Pull the remaining mottled turkey wing case material over the head area between the eyes. Tie off and whip finish. |
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