Angel Body Zonker

Articles w/pattern

Originator:

Kasper Mühlbach

Pattern type:

Streamer

Skill level/difficulty:

Medium

Instruction:

Start the thread at the bend of the hook
Tie in a few red barbules as a tail
Prepare a narrow zonker strip
Split the zonker strip right over the rear end of the body. Wetting it might ease the process
Make sure its front end reaches the front end of the hook
Tie the strip down with 10-20 tight turns of thread
Leave it there for now
Create a large dubbing loop
Cut Angel Hair or a similarly fine flash material into 1-2 cm (3/4") long pieces
Place in the loop and spin
Wind to just behind the hook eye to form a body. Leave room for hackle and head
Tie down and cut surplus dubbing loop
You can trim the body now or when the fly is finished
Pull the zonker strip tightly forwards, trim right in front of the body and tie down
Tie in a hackle, stem first, curved side forwards, in front of the strip and wind it 2-3 turns forwards
Tie it down and cut off the hackle surplus
Create a head and whip finish
Varnish the thread to the rear and the head
Trim the body if not already done

Species:

Materials:

Hook	Streamer size 4-6
Thread	Black
Tail	A few red feather barbules
Body	Angel hair spun in a dubbing loop (silver/gold/copper/optional)
Wing	Zonker strip (black/olive/dark brown/optional)
Front hackle	Red hen
Head	Tying thread

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