Nick Thomas
Terrestrial
Medium
- Run on the tying thread, take down to the bend and remove the tag end.
- Tie in the pipette body by the stem at the bend, bind down up the shank, trim of any waste and coat the thread wraps with varnish or superglue.
- Tie in a strip of foam on top of the hook with the free end over the hook eye.
- Cut the edges from a piece of brown organza ribbon, tie an overhand knot near one end of each. Line up the knots, trim the pieces to the same length and seal the ends with a flame.
- Tie in the legs on either side of the body and dub over the thread wraps.
- Tie in a length of yarn for the wing and trim at the end of the body.
- Cut the end of a piece of 9mm ribbon to a point, seal the cut edges with a flame and tie in over the wing with the point over the end of the body.
- Dub the thorax, fold back the foam to form the head and tie in.
- Add a little more dubbing and whip finish.
- Stretch and trim the foam flush with the wing cover.
| Hook | Tiemco TMC 2499SP #8 |
| Thread | 12/0 brown |
| Body | 0.2ml plastic pipette bulb |
| Wing | Fulling Mill tan ultra-dry yarn |
| Wing cover | 9mm tan organza ribbon |
| Legs | Brown organza ribbon edge |
| thorax | Vicuna HES dubbing |
| Head | Brown 2mm foam |
