Step One: Tie in the dumbbell eyes, making sure to leave some room for the dubbing head. Don't forget to use some head cement to keep the eyes really secure.
Step Two: tie in three or four pieces of marabou about an inch behind the eyes. Cover up all sides of the hook, so you can't see the straight part of the shank or your previous wraps. When you tie in the last piece of marabou, don't cut the tag end! You'll need it for the next step!
Step Three: Take that tag end of marabou that you (hopefully) didn't cut off, and wrap it up to the eyes. Don't make it to thick, or the wraps will slip over the dumbbell eyes. Also, secure the marabou with quite a few wraps of thread, otherwise the marabou will slip as soon as you cut the excess.
Step Four: Figure eight some dubbing around the eyes to cover up your thread. This step is pretty easy and self explanatory.
Step Five: Take a big piece of dubbing, pinch it in the center with one hand, and pull on each end with the other. Now tie in the dubbing at the center, push it back, and tie in the piece that is pointing forward. Do this on the bottom of the hook as well, and the result should look like this:
Congrats, just whip finish and you're done!
Justin, looking forward to taking a close look at this fly when we meet this weekend. Thanks in advance for showing this ol' Geezer around the local area.
ReplyDeleteNice site Justin.... you are mad keen about fish'n. Is your old man Frank Schlosser? He used to kick around NZ with his mullet and leather pants! Anyway great to see you so into your angling and tying.
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