Published Mar 27. 2024 - 5 months ago
Updated or edited Mar 27. 2024
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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