I tie these bugs a lot. They are great for use in stalking.
You should just use the fine copper wire from somewhere like Tom Saville's in conjunction with the Veniards killer bug yarn.
This looks virtually identical to Chadwick's 477 when wet & is a darn sight easier on the pocket!
I tie these in sizes 10 & 12 as follows:
Tie on the copper wire at the bend & take up to just 1mm before the eye and then back down again, all with touching turns. Overlap the point at where you started the copper & clip off the tag with a pair of stout scissors.
Next, tie the yarn in on itself at the eye with a tag long enough to reach just before the bend. Wind a single layer of yarn neatly over the body with the tag end trapped on top of the hook shank. This gives the fly a superb buggy appearance.
Tie in the yarn at the bend with 2 tight turns of copper wire, then do a 3 turn hand whip finish on-the-spot, so that you can see 3 or 4 neat turns of copper thread as a tag at the start of the bend.
Trim the copper off close as possible with the stout scissors and the yarn with fine-point scissors.
Finally, apply a small dot of superglue to the knot of the whip finish, avoiding touching any yarn.
This will be a remarkably durable, killing fly.
Last edited by steve collyer; 28-09-2009 at 06:49 PM.
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