Fly of the Month

Steps 1-3:
(1) First tie on the pink polar bear hair about one inch behind the hook eye. (2) then tie in 20 strands of orange flashabou. (3) then 8 strands of pink crystal flash. All of these should be the same length.

Steps 4-6:
(4) tie in some black buck tail, well centered the same length. (5) next tie in 15 strands of orange flashabou about ¼ inch longer. (6) then tie in black marabou to the enc of those strands.

Steps 7-9:
(7) wrap body with either medium or small silver tinsel chenille. (8) about 12 wraps in or about halfway, tie in a belly hackle or fine pink polar bear, finish wrapping body. (9) tie in throat hackle with hot pink polar bear.

Step 10-14:
(10) tie in some hot pink polar bear over back to about the point of the hook. (11) tie in 10 purple flashabou to extend about ¼ to ½ inch past tail of black marabou. (12) then tie in 10 strands of orange flashabou the same length. (13) then tie in 8 strands of pink crystal flash, again the same length. (14) tie in purple marabou to cover about half the black marabou on the tail.

Step 15-18:
(15) tie in 8 strands of gold flashabou to the same length as above or to ¼ to ½ inch beyond the tail. (16) tie in 8 strands of purple flashabou to the same length. (17) top off by tying in blue marabou to cover about half of the purple marabou (18) now starting at the top of the head, tie in silver diamond braid and tightly wrap the nose and back to the top of the head.

Step 19-24:
(19) wrap the thread to shape head until none of the silver diamond braid is covered. (20) whip finish and apply flex scal generously over all the thread on the head and let dry. (21) mix up a small amount of two part epoxy depending on how many flies you have tied and paint on a thin coat over the entire head. Be careful not to get any on the eye of the hook or on the marabou. (22) dip dot on white point eyeballs and let them dry. (23) dip dot on the black pupils, let dry. (24) mix up two-part epoxy and apply 2-3 coats letting each coat dry before applying the next coat.