Nick Thomas
Wet fly
Easy
- Prepare the silk ribbon by first cutting off one edge with a sharp pair of scissors and then use a dubbing needle to pick and pull out the fibres that run along the ribbon. Continue until you reach the other edge and smooth out the cross fibres of the stripped ribbon.
- Run on the tying thread behind the beads and remove the tag end.
- Trim off a few of the fibres from one end of the stripped ribbon and tie it in by the woven edge.
- Wrap several turns of the ribbon against the beads, tie in and snip off the waste end.
- Build a tapered thread body, whip finish, and remove the thread.
| Hook | Fulling Mill FM50 65 #14 |
| Thread | 12/0 olive brown |
| Beads | Gold and black glass |
| Body | Tying thread |
| Hackle | Stripped natural silk ribbon |
