Tying Instructions: Maholo Nymph

1. Place a bead onto the hook.
Step One
2. Attach the thread behind the bead and wrap a thread base to the bend of the hook.
Step Two
3. Tie in 6-10 strands of Pheasant Tail Fibers for a tail. Length of tail does not exceed the hook shank.
Step Three
4. Bring the thread back up to behind the bead and attach a wire rib.
Step Four
5. Secure the wire ribbing to the top of the hook shank, wrapping the wire down to the base of the tail. Attach a strand of holographic tinsel to the side of the hook shank and anchor to the tail tie-in position. Step Five
6. Create a tapered thread body that extends to the 2/3 position of the hook shank.
Step Six
7. Wrap the holographic tinsel forward with overlapping wraps to the 2/3 position and secure with thread wraps.
Step Seven
8. Wrap the wire ribbing forward with evenly spaced wraps over the holographic tinsel to just past the 2/3 position of the shank. Tie down.
Step Eight
9. Apply some UV Fly Finish Flow to the tinsel and ribbing.
Step Nine
10. Cure the UV Fly Finish with a UV Lamp.
Step Ten
11. Wrap the tag end of the pheasant tail fibers back from the bead to the 2/3 position. Apply dubbing to the thread.
Step Eleven
12. Dub a thorax that is about the same size as the bead.
Step Twelve
13. Bring the pheasant tail fibers over the top of the thorax for a wingcase and secure with thread wraps being the bead. Step Thirteen
14. Separate half of the fibers so that they extend to each side of the thorax. Secure with thread wraps behind the bead. Trim the tag ends so that they extend no farther than the thorax.
Step Fourteen
15. Whip Finish.
Step Fifteen
16. Use a dubbing brush to tease out the thorax fibers. The finished Maholo Nymph.
Step Sixteen
   

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