General Practioner

By Ken Abrames

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Hook: 255NA Eagle Claw.

Antennae: Hot orange bucktail.

Head: (Short feelers and mouthparts) fire orange hackle tip.

Eyes: Golden Pheasant tippet feather with center cut out to form a Vee shape and lacquered.

Carapace: Red golden pheasant breast feather.

Body: Hot orange wool.

Ribbing: Oval tinsel, gold.

Hackle: Hot orange, palmered over whole body.

Back: Red golden pheasant breast feather.

Tail: Red golden pheasant breast feather.

There are several ways to tie this fly, all are effective.

Tying instructions: Tie in the bucktail fibers directly above the barb of the hook. They should flare slightly and be pointed down. Then tie in the hot orange hackle tip above the bucktail horizontally. Next lay the trimmed golden pheasant tippet on top of the hackle feather with the fibers pointed parallel to the bucktail fibers. Then place the first G.P. breast feather on top to form the carapace. The feather is tied on flat like a little roof. Wind the material ends down the shank to form a uniform underbody.

Pick a hot orange hackle with fibers one and one half the length of the gap of the hook and tie it in at the bottom of the shank. Next, tie in the gold oval tinsel at the bottom and then the hot orange wool. Wind the wool to the middle of the shank and tie off on the bottom of the shank then wind the ribbing to the same point with three turns and tie off at the bottom also. Do not cut off the ends but leave them long as they will be used for the front part of the body.

Next, palmer the hackle down with each turn behind and touching the turns of oval tinsel, tie it off on the bottom and cut the remainder. Clip the hackle off the top of the hook and fasten the second G.P. breast feather as a flat roof above it. Tie in another orange hackle and repeat these steps for the front part of the body. Top off the fly with the third breast feather make a neat head and whip finish with four turns - three times. In the patterns that follow the same tying steps are repeated. I will only list the materials for each fly.

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