Fly Tying The Quigley Cripple
Charlie Craven
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August 21, 2013
Quigley Cripple Recipe:
Hook: TMC 100 #12-22
Thread: 8/0
Rib: Fine Copper wire
Tail/Abdomen: Brown Marabou Fibers
Thorax: Superfine Dubbing
Wing: Natural Deer Hock
Hackle: Grizzly Rooster Hackle
Fly Tying The Quigley Cripple Video:
Tying The Quigley Cripple
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Start the thread and tie in a piece of fine copper wire. Wrap back over the wire to the bend.
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Peel off several fibers from a marabou feather and even their tips.
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Tie the tips of the marabou in at the bend with two turns of thread. The tail should be about a half shank long.
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Lift the butt ends of the marabou and bring the thread back to the starting point.
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Wrap the butt ends of the marabou forward to the starting point and tie off. Clip the excess.
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Spiral wrap the wire forward through the marabou abdomen to the front and tie it off. Clip excess.
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Dub a small ball at the front of the abdomen with the Superfine dubbing. Be sure to leave at least an eye length of bare shank in front of the dubbing.
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Cut, clean and stack a clump of deer hair and measure it against the hook so it is a shank length long.
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Tie the deer hair in in front of the dubbing clump with several tight turns of thread. Clip the butt ends to a short brush.
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Tie in a grizzly hackle by its butt end in the space between the butt and the base of the hair tips.
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Wrap the hackle feather three turns and tie off. Clip the excess. Whip finish and trim the thread.