[Sandy Nelson]

The Executioner

Dressing:
Hook: a salmon double size 8 - 12
Silk: red
Tag: Fine oval silver tinsel
Tail: yellow golden pheasant topping
Butt: Red silk floss
Body: silver holographic tinsel
Rib: fine oval silver tinsel
Throat hackle: black cock hackle
Wing: black artic fox
Cheeks: jungle cock eyes
Head: red varnish

Wind the silk from the eye down to just before the bend, locking in the silk to keep it tightly bound


Tie in the silver oval tinsel and make four turns back towards the bend, take the end between the two halves of the hook and bring it back towards the eye before tying it down, trim off the excess



Tie in two golden pheasant topping fibres and tie them in over the tag, making the tips go just past the end of the hook.



Take the silk forward to catch in the stubs and help to keep the body a similar size



Tie in the rib, then take the silk back to the eye and tie in some red silk floss



Take the floss down the end of the shank and then back up to the eye leaving room for tying in the wing



Tie in some silver holographic tinsel, take it back down the body leaving the floss butt showing and then bring it back to the eye. 



Rib the body winding in the opposite direction from which the tinsel was tied in.



Tie in some black cock hackles as a throat hacle,  I like to leave them attached the hackle and pull the hackle back until the fibres just touch the points of the hook



Trim off the excess and select some black artic fox for the wing, give it a good brush out to get rid of the guard fur




Tie in the artic fox so that its just ever so slightly longer than the tail, moisten and twist the excess to make a nice clean trimmed end to bring the silk down over



Select two jungle cock eyes and tie them in either side of the head.  Whip finish, give it one coat of clear varnish to seal the silk, followed by one coat of red varnish and a further two coats of clear varnish.  Et voila



Cheers Matt