Hook: B10S #2, Fish Skull Articulated Shank
Thread: UTC 140, Black or Olive
Body: Olive Barred Variant Crosscut Rabbit
Wings: Barred Olive Grizzly Marabou Tips
Legs: Barred Rubber Legs
Collar: Olive Deer Hair
Throat: Red Angel Hair
Head: Sculpin Helmet
Instructions:
Step 1: Tie
your thread on the B10S hook wrap. Zap-a-gap and wrap the
cross cut from the bed towards the head, leaving enough room
to tie the fur off near the eye.
Step 2: Strip off the Marabou at the base
of the post off two feathers. Tie in the feathers on each
side of the trailing hook. The we are going to tie in some
rubber legs in a fashion that allows them triangulate back
behind the hook. Cut them so they are not longer then the
trailing hook. Whip Finish.
Step 3: Now we are going to slide the trailing
hook on the Fish Skull Articulated Shank. Place the shank
into the vice and tie on your thread, wrapping it tightly
over the area where you slide the trailing hook on.
Step 4: Zap-a-gap and begin wrapping some
more crosscut forward about 3/4 of the way. Cut excess and
tie down.
Step 5: Strip off the marabou at the base
of two more feathers. Tie to each side again. Then tie more
rubber legs in the same way you tied the ones on the trailing
hook. Tie off. The rubber legs shouldn't be longer then the
shank.
Step 6: Tie in angel hair on the underside
of the fly. Cut it short of the shank, so that it gives the
appearance of a colored throat area.
Step 8: Cut deer hair, clean out excess
fibers, and stack in a hair stacker. Tie to front of shank
tightly. You may need to do several clumps or just one. This
is up to you. Cut the deer hair down in a tapered manner.
Wrap in front of the hair tapering down. Whip Finish.
Step 9: Zap-a-gap the front of the deer
hair and the thread. Slide the Sculpin Helmet over the hair
and hold it there for a few seconds allowing the glue to set.
We like to take red thread and tie it in in front of the helmet
to create a block in case the glue fails. (It most likely
will not but better to be safe then sorry) Whip finish that....and
viola!
Fishing
Notes: This is the perfect Yakima River winter fly. It gets
fish to move and illicits the chase response. It will work
all across the west as well. Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah,
Idaho, Oregona and Alaska. The movement on this fly will give
it a more lifelike and the red angel hair adds a little wounded
flash that will make fish attack.
Popular Colors: Olive is
the name of the game although tan, white, and black will also
be effective. this would be a great Skagit/Sauk dolly fly
and would work for those massive bull trout in BC as well.
