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Beginner's Buzzer
| Type | Buzzer
| Tied by
| Martin Joergensen
| Difficulty
| Easy
| Target species
| Brown trout
Rainbow trout (landlocked)
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Materials
| Hook | Curved nymph hook, size 8-12. Vary the wire thickness to vary fly weight. | | Thread | Black 8/0 | | Rib | Orange elastic "floss" | | Rear body | Tying thread | | Thorax | Peacock herl | | Wingcase | Phesant tail fibres | | Wing buds | Orange elastic "floss" | | Head | Tying thread |
Tying instructions
- Attach the thread one eye width behind the hook eye
- Tie in ribbing at this point
- Cover the hook shank and ribbing with tying thread down to a point over the barb
- Return the thread in tight turns to form a body
- Wind the stretched ribbing in open turns to the tie-in point
- Tie it down and cut off excess
- Tie in phesant tail fibres pointing to the rear of the hook
- Tie in sides, also pointing to the rear of the hook
- Tie in herl and wind forwards in 3-5 tight turns
- Tie down and trim
- Pull the wingcase material over the herl and tie down
- Pull each side up along the herl and tie down
- Trim off all butts
- Form a small head
- Whip finish
- Varnish
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