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Ducktail mayfly
Post 19 May 2023, 09:43 • #1 
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#18 light wire scud hook
duck flank body
Senyo Laser Dub wing
grizzly parachute, underneath the modular body.
....duck feather wings next project?

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Post 29 Jul 2023, 09:13 • #2 
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Did you tie the hackle on underneath the fly body?


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Post 30 Jul 2023, 15:50 • #3 
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I make the modular body and wing on a waxed #10.(thin) beading needle. Slide it off.

Mount a short shank hook in vise. Tie on a hackle feather but don't wind it.

Attach body LOOSELY
With a few wraps. Pull up on the wing with one hand and wind horizontally, between body and shank. That tightens. Things up and makes some space below the body, between body and shank. Wind the hackle under the body.

You can wrap thread over the hackle tip and whip finish but you don't have to.

I leave the hackle pliers and bobbin hanging, and apply a micro dot of ZapAGap.


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