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Beadeye Mudeye
By Bob Frandsen
Materials List:
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MustadR74 #8 |
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Dark brown chenille |
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3 dyed brown duck breast feathers. Mallard or similar. Actually anydark brown feather of the right shape would be suitable. |
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Stiff deer hair dyed dark brown ( I use Sambar as its readilyavailable. but Elk or similar would be fine). |
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Black or brown beads |
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I also dress this fly in olive/green or black. The green is good in daytimewith the black being much better after dark. Brown is by far the most popular. A good fly of an evening on lakes where there is a good hatch of dragon flies at dusk and into the darkness
Tying
instructions:
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Step 1:
Thread eyes onto tying thread using needle threader
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Photo
and fly Bob Frandsen
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Step 2:
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Step 3:
Start thread at eye of hook and wind to rear.
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Step 4:
Tie in approx. 120mm chenille. |
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Step 5:
Wrap chenille to halfway point and tie in. Do not trim chenille, leave waste end hanging for later use.
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Step 6:
Select bunch of deer hair |
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Step 7:
Tie in deer hair with tips over eye of hook leaving long enough to reach back past bend of hook. Do not stack.
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Step 8:
Trim waste, tie down and varnish root ends. |
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Step 9a:
Select 3 duck feathers and trim off waste.
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Step 10a:
Tie in flat on top of hook to reach just past hook bend. |
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Step 10b: |
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Step 11a:
Now slide beads down to shank and tie into position on top of hook using figure of eight turns.
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Step 11b: |
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Step 12a:
Follow suit with chenille to form head
and tie off at centre point |
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Step 13:
Pull back deer over head and tie into place and spread ends to represent legs.
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Step 14:
Whip finish and varnish thread and top of head. |
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Step 5:
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