Hot Spot Greenwells Spider.
Materials.
Hook: Partridge sure hold Barbless #16-12.
Body: Pale yellow or primrose thread coated with black cobblers wax.
Rib: Fine gold wire or oval tinsel.
Hot spot: Glow brite floss I've used no 4.
Hackle: Greenwells hen hackle.
Head: Same as body.
Step 1: Fix hook firmly in vice.
Step 2: Wind on thread at the eye 5 turns approx.
Step 3: Catch in rib, trim waste and continue thread in touching turns to the bend.
Step 4: Lightly rub cobblers wax on to thread till you get a light olive colour. dont over-do the wax.
Step 5: Wind the waxed thread up and down the shank to create a smooth tapered body stopping 3 mm from the eye.
Step 6: Wind on rib in even spaced turns secure and remove waste.
Step 7: Tie in a length of glow brite floss and remove waste piece.
Step 8: Wind floss and build a small thorax, secure and tidy up.
Step 9: Rewax your thread and tie in a suitable greenwells hen hackle by the tip.
Step 10: Stroke fibres back and wind on 2 - 3 turns. secure and remove waste.
Step 11: Build a small head and whip finish.
