Just a little quickie that is easy to do and can be varied to suit conditions and time of year by changing the colours of the Seal's Fur.

Let's get to the vice

Tying assumed as right handed as usual



Materials -


Hook - Kamasan B830 LS size 14

Thread - any to suit colour of Seal's Fur

Tail - Cock Pheasant Fibres

Rib - Red UTC Brassie

Weight - Fine Lead Wire

Abdomen - Blended Seal's Fur (equal amounts of Olive and Dirty Brown)

Hackle - Olive Grizzly

Thorax - Black or Dirty Brown Seal's Fur


Method


Thread up your hook to the bend



Catch in your ribbing wire and don't return the thread to the end



Catch in your tail fibres with a couple of turns



Holding your bobbin to keep tension of the thread, pull the tail fibres through until you get them about equal to the hook shank length



Tighten the loops on the tail and trim to length



Wind on your lead wire in the middle area of the hook shank



Wrap your thread over the lead wire to secure, you can also brush on some varnish or super glue for extra security



Dub on the blended seal's fur to form a dubbing rope



Wrap the dubbing up the shank of the hook to approximately 2/3rds of the length of the shank



Wind your wire rib in the opposite direction to prevent it sinking into the abdomen



Secure the wire with a couple of turns and wriggle it to break it off before attaching your hackle



Wrap the hackle using 3 or 4 turns over the abdomen and secure with the thread and then cut off the excess



Dub black seal's fur onto your thread for the thorax / head



Make sure that this is pushed hard up against the hackle and you don't crowd the eye area



Whip finish to make a small head and then varnish over the threads and avoid getting goo on the seal's fur