Steelhead Copper John

Hook: Curved Nymph Hook
Thread: Tan 6/0
Weight: Gold Beadhead
Tail: Brown Goose Biots
Body: Large Uni-Wire
Wingcase: Black Thin Skin
Thorax: Peacock Herl
Legs: Brown Goose Biots

STEP 1: With a MFC in your vise, attach your thread behind the beadhead and wrap back to the tie-in-point.  Take 2 brown goose biots and hold them with the convex sides together. Tie them in as a tail and split the with your thread.

STEP 2: Tie in a length of large Uni-Wire.  Advance your thread 2/3 the way up the hook.

STEP 3: Wrap the wire 2/3 the way up the hook, secure the wire with several pinch wraps and tie off.

STEP 4: Tie in a piece of 1/4th in wide black MFC Thin Skin for the wingcase and three strands of peacock herl.

STEP 5: Wrap a ball of peacock herl behind the beadhead.  Tie off the herl and clip the excess.

STEP 6: Pull the thin skin over the peacock herl thorax.  Secure with sevral wraps.

STEP 7: On either side of the fly tie in a brown goose biot for a wing.  Whip finish and finish off the fly with a drop of head cement.

The Finished Fly

 

 

 

Tyler Straight

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