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Life in a world without chickens (as a nod to Margaret Atwood; Happy Birthday). Pocketwater edition; this one will not lack for floatation.
hook - Dai Riki 300 #10
thread - UTC 140 grey brown
tail - deer hair
body - muskrat
wing - Congo Hair white
hackle - deer hair
mash barb, start thread at 3/4 mark
loop a hank of CH (hooking it on the gallows makes it much easier to control the hackling process); tie in over the front of the hook, trim butts, cover with thread
clean, stack, measure (shank length) a clump of deer hair; tie in, trim, cover with thread
dub thread/dub body to CH
create a thread loop
post wing, wrapping loop; hook wing onto gallows
dub head, finishing at base of wing
clean, stack, measure (hook length) a clump of deer hair; place it in clip and trim butts
wax loop, insert clip; slide off, trapping deer hair butts, release clip and spin, creating hackle
moisten fingers, stroke deer hair fibers back
wrap deer hair around post from the top down, capture tag with thread wraps at base of wing; half hitch x 2 at wing base, SHHAN
trim wing
Regards,
Scott
