ABC (Anything but Chartreuse)

Tied by Bruce Curry (March 2009)

Materials

Hook

SS #4 to #8

Thread

3/0 Burnt Orange

Eyes

Bead chain

Body

Orange flash

Wing

Burnt Orange Synthetic

Tying Instructions

1) Dress shank of hook and tie in bead chain eyes.

2) Tie in the flash behind the eyes and form the body by wrapping back to above the barb and forward again to behind the eyes. Tie off the Flash.

3) Coat the body with Sally Hansen's clear nail varnish. (Its a good idea to prepare a no. of bodies and let them dry before continuing)

4) Reverse the hook in the vice to ease application of the wing .

5) Tie in the wing Charlie Style ahead of the eyes and form a neat thread head.