Step 1: Hook & Thread selection
Use your favorite dry fly hook in appropriate size and your favorite thread of a drab color. I am using Hanák 130BL hook in size 12 and UNI 8/0 thread color tan.



Step 2: Tag and Ribbing
Add a tag of your favorite color - I am using hot Green UNI neon thread; red, orange or claret tags are also to be considered. For ribbing I am using UNI #16 tinsel. It has one side gold, other silver and it is tied with the silver side upwards, so that the golden will show once it is wrapped around.



Step 3: The body
Create a body of lightly dubbed (i.e. scruffy) dubbing of Hare; wrap the tinsel (rotary vice helps).



Step 4: The wing
Add a wing made of 3 CDC feathers of medium size. The tips should be just a tad longer than the butt of the fly. Clip the butts and secure the thorax area.



Step 5: Prepare CDC feathers for hackling
Select 2 largish CDC feathers and a tool for folding them over. This can be done using many different tools of varying price and complexity; I am using a very simple block of Styrofoam with a couple slits (Mr. Petijean has much nicer tool for this but I found his price a little steep for my pocket, given it yields the same result)



Step 6: Fold the CDC feathers over
Using your tool of choice fold the CDC feathers over and pull them forward by the tips, straightening the fibers.



Step 7: Catch the hackles in pincer
Using a tool of your choice - I am using a paper clip, but the Petijean Magic Tool is a workable substitute - catch the CDC fibers sticking out and cut off the stem.



Step 8: Dubbing loop
Prepare a tight dubbing loop with your dubbing twister; make sure it is not loose around the fly. Pass the CDC fibers from your tool to the dubbing loop. Try to avoid any wax, as it is likely to spoil the structure of CDC feathers.



Step 9: Twist the CDC fibers into brush
Spin your dubbing twister furiously, creating a dubbing brush. Wind the brush around thorax area of your fly using a pair of hackle pliers.



Step 10: Finish the fly
Tie off the dubbing brush, form a neat head. Do not attempt to shorten the hackle fibers, as their high mobility in even the smallest current is a major trigger point for this fly. Take a step back and enjoy your work!



Cheers!

J.

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Jindra Lacko
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Very nice!

Great SBS, very instructive, The foam is a brilliant idea.

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mate this is awesome, i would have never thought of the foam idea, i have been using a clip similar to yours, its was a nightmare trying to get the feathers lines up though!

Very clever doing that with foam

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The ancient noble trout of Montenegro

Great job, jindra! The foam idea is so simple and effective, thank you for sharing

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What a great idea!! top marks!!!

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The slit foam system also works well for doubling hackles.

John H

Thanks for your kind words, you make me blush

J.

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Jindra Lacko
http://graylingonfly.blogspot.com/

Now that has to be one of the best SBS presentations I have yet seen. Nice fly too. I would like to see how you mount the wing, I generally do it with the split thread method, and simply gather it to the top of the hook shank, and trim the excess underneath.
I haven't seen the foam idea either, but have been using the Petit Jean magic tool to great effect for years., but you've certainly perfected the dubbing loop method. Well done and thanks. I think also it might be a good idea to try it with a white wing as a sighter...what do you think?