Nutria muddler

Once again a muddler. This one is typically tied as a large fly (size 2 or 4) and moves a lot of water (and air...). Other muddlers are the Small Muddler, Full Metal Jacket Nutria Muddler and the general muddler pattern The banding does not make it a much different or more effective fly, but it does make it more beautiful and a bit easier to see at night.
It is obtained by using several different colors of deer hair during the stacking process. I normally use bright colors like neon orange, pink, green or yellow mixed with black an natural tan for the sake of contrast It's quite easy to obtain the desired effect.

See the detailed description for tying a ribbed tinsel body. The methods are applicable here too.

1. Tie in ribbing along the underside of hook shank
2. Run thread forwards to form a smooth base for tinsel.
3. Tie in medium flat silver tinsel a couple of eye widths behind hook eye
4. Run tinsel to hook bend and forwards again in even turns.
5. Tie down and cut off
6. Tie in wing strip with hair pointing towards rear of fly. Strip has to reach beyond hook bend.
7. Pull up ribbing behind hook
8. While pulling fur strip tightly backwards, draw ribbing through fur and down on front of hook
9. Repeat the processing while working towards hook eye
10. Tie down and cut off ribbing where tinsel body starts
11. Tie in 2-3 bundles of deer hair muddler style
12. Stack the first bundle and let tips reach just beyond middle of hook.
13. Cut down hair except tips of the first bundle to form a dense, conical head with a collar.