Deerhair bluegill
bug
This is a simple fly designed to take advantage of the bouyancy
of deerhair without the mess of a spun head. The design of this fly is similar
to the Madam x .
Hook: 8-10 light wire
Thread: 3/0 uni-thread, color matched to deerhair
Body:
dry fly dubbing
Head: stacked deerhair
Tail/Legs: silicone
legging material
Tying Instructions.
1) Place hook in vise
and attach thread. Advance thread to the start of hook bend and tie in
tail.
2) The tail should fork with each strand protruding from either
side of hook. Leave the strands about one and a half to two inches
long.
3) Dub in a wide tapered body. Reserve about a third of the hook
shank near the eye for the head.
4) Cut a bunch of deerhair a little
bigger than the size of a pencil and stack it in a hair stacker to align the
tips.
5) Trim the butt ends of the hair bundle even.
6) Push the
butt end of the bundle hair over the hook eye and up against the end of the spun
body.
7) Tie in the deerhair ending just behind the hook eye. Make sure
the hair is evenly distributed around hook shank. Advance the thread back to
tie-in point
8) Form the head by carefully fold the hair back on itself
and secure with thread wraps. When secured the hair should form a round or
bullet shaped head and a collar that extends back past the hook.
9) With
the thread still at the tie-down point add two strands of the legging material
one on each side of the fly with the strands extending more to the rear than the
front. Finish with a few half hitches.
10) Coat the head with soft body
resin and allow to dry.
Notes: