Since nobody has entered yet I can only assume that everybody else is busy perfecting their photography and descriptions for this month.
Hook: size twelve nymph style hook
Back of the fly:3/8" scud back sort of charcoal in colour
Underbody: fine lead wire
Main body: hares ear dubbing
Thorax:eumer spectra dubbing peacock green
one dark brown sharpie
Rib: fine copper wire and 3lb nylon
thread 17/0 uni white
Fix the hook in the vice and run the thread down past the bend to where it becomes vertical
Tie in a length of scub back I don't bother to cut it at this point to avoid wasting some material needlessly
Wrap the body in lead wire and coat it with some zap a gap and then cover it in the tying thread going up and down as many times as is necessary until there is a good layer of thread covering the wire
Tie in some fine copper wire and some 3lb nylon which will form the rib
Dub the body with the hares ear dubbing up to the point where the head of the "bug" should be
Dub the remainder of the hook with the eumer spectra peacock green dubbing
Wind the copper wire up the body in even turns
Pull the sucb back over the hook and secure it at the eye with some tight turns of the tying thread
Wind the nylon up the hook in even turns in the same direction and spacing that you used for the copper wire, secure it with the tying thread
Trim off the excess scub back and nylon and pick out the body with a dubbing needle or an old toothbrush.
Using your dark brown sharpie colour in the section of scud back that covers the dark dubbing and also any tying thread. Then give the scud back a coat of varnish to fix the nylon in place. Et Voila!
good luck.
Matt
