Sunday, 22 April 2012

LA Bead Head Nymph

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Latex Abdomen Bead Head Nymph
Materials:

Tail - Goose Biots
Abdoment - Latex strip cut from glove
thorax - Latex strip cut fro glove
Legs - Goose Biots
Body - Peacock Herls
Head - Gold bead head


Step by step tying instructions:

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Prepare a size 10 nymph hook, put in the bead head

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Tie in the latex strip and a pair of biot

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Roll the latex strip to create the abdomen

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Tie down the latex and fold the latex to about half of the abdomen and tie down tight, this will later become the thorax

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Color the abdomen and thorax with marker

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Tie in 3 pairs of biot legs

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Tie in 3 pcs of peacock herl

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Spin the peacock herl

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Fold over the Latex strip, tie down as the thorax

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Color the thorax, drop a small amount of UV clear epoxy

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Dry the epoxy and the nymph is ready

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View from below

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Play with markers, you can get different nymph patterns..

Cheers and happy tying

Sunday, 15 April 2012

SF-P Unique Deceiver

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SF-Polar Unique Hair Deceiver
This is a simple yet effective deceiver pattern tie for saltwater. By playing with different color of Unique Hairs... you will be able to imitate many different baitfish pattern

Materials:

Unique Hair - color to your choice
SF Blend - white
Polar Flash - Pearl
3D epoxy eye
UV clear epoxy

Step by step tying instruction:

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Prepare your saltwater hook

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Tie in the White SF Blend

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Tie in the Polar Flash, cover evenly on the SF Blend

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Tie in some White Unique Hair on top of the wings

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Tie in another different color of Unique Hair

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Cut some Red Rabbit Zonker fiber, tie in as the grills, tie in the mix of black and gray Unique Hair

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Whip finish, stick on the 3D eye, apply UV epoxy and the deceiver is completed.

Cheers and tight lines