Materials for Snatcher Variant
Kamasan B100 size 12
Olive Dun 8/0 uni thread
Fine wire olive
Peacock herl (2 strands)
Grizzle olive saddle hackle
Partridge neck feather dyed olive
Jungle cock (2 eyes)
Superglue
Step 1.Catch in the thread and wire.
Step 2.Wind the thread and wire down round to the bend and (remember to
)remove the thread tag.Wind the thread back up to where the peacock herl will be tied in.
Step 3.Take 2 strands of peacock herl and tie down to the wire and wind the thread back up.
Step 4.Carefully apply a small amount of superglue to the thread where the body will sit.(don't go past where the thread is hanging)
Step 5.Twist the 2 strands of herl together to form 1 herl.
Step 6.Wind the herl up in touching turns and tie down.Remove waste herl.
Step 7.Select a saddle hackle and strip the fibres from 1 side.(ps. background supplied by bt)
Step 8.Tie in the hackle and remove waste end.
Step 9.Wind the hackle down to the wire in (4 or 5) open turns.Cross the wire over the hackle and counterwind back up through the hackle to the thread.Tie down and remove waste wire and hackle.
Step 10.Select a partridge hackle.
Step 11.Tie in the hackle.
Step 12.Wind the hackle round once.Tie down and remove waste end.
Step 13.Select 2 jungle cock eyes and tie 1 down either side.
Step 14.Cut off the waste ends of jungle cock.Whipfinish and varnish the head.
