Full Metal Jacket Perdigon

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A Perdigon style fly incorporating copper braid

Originator:

Nick Thomas

Pattern type:

Nymph

Skill level/difficulty:

Easy

Instruction:

Fit the bead and ring neck onto the hook, run on the thread and make thread wraps to fix the bead and ring in place.
Fold some fibres stripped from a piece of organza ribbon around the thread and tie back down to the bend.
Tie in a piece of copper braid and wind forward in overlapping turns.
Tie in the braid against the ring and cut off the waste.
Wind the thread up and down over the copper braid to smooth the abdomen.
Whip finish behind the ring.
Apply a thin coat of UV-varnish and cure.

Species:

Materials:

Hook	Fasna F-444 #12
Bead	Get Slotted 3.3mm jig-off tungsten
Collar	Get Slotted 2.9mm orange brass ring
Thread	Fine UNI-mono
Tails	Copper organza fibres
Abdomen	2mm copper braid

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