Lime Trude
Fly Fisherman
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March 16, 2012
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Lime Trude
Recipe:
Hook: TMC 100 #10-18
Thread: 8/0 Black
Tail: Golden Pheasant Tippet
Body: Lime Green Rabbit Dubbing
Wing: Calf Tail
Hackle: Brown Rooster Hackle
Step 1
Peel off a section of golden pheasant tippets and square the ends. Measure the tippets against the hook so they are a shank length long and tie them in at the bend. Wrap forward over the butts to the seventy-five percent point and clip the excess.
Step 2
Dub a tapered abdomen from the base of the tail to the 75 percent point.
Step 3
Cut, clean and stack a clump of calf tail hair. Measure the hair against the hook so it is a shank length long.
Step 4
Tie the calf tail hair in at the front of the body with several tight turns of thread.
Step 5
Clip the butt ends of the hair at an angle and wrap the thread over the stubs. Return the thread to the base of the wing.
Step 6
Tie in two brown rooster hackles at the base of the wing.
Step 7
Wrap the hackle forward from the base of the wing to the hook eye and tie them off. Clip the excess. Build a smooth thread head, whip finish and clip the thread.