Hatches Magazine Fly Patterns

Hook #2
TAG Flat silver
TAIL Red hackle fibres
BODY Blue Tinsel
UNDERBELLY Light blue then white Bucktail
THROAT white thenred hackle fibres
WING 4 dyed blue hackles
SIDES/CHEEKS Blue peacock and JC

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Hook - Mustad Model 3399/Size 2
Thread - Black UNI-Thread (6/0)
Tail - Black Kid Goat Hair (or Black Squirrel Tail)
Tail Topping #1 - Peacock Sword (Extra Long)
Tail Topping #2 - Strand of Red Floss (doubled over tying thread and tyed in to show two strands)
Body - Peacock Herl (reinforced with tying thread doubing loop to form a herl chenille)
Wings - Two Blue Peacock Body Feathers on each side
Cheeks - Green Peacock Body Feathers (tyed in short)
Topping #3 - Strand of Red Floss (doubled over tying thread and tyed in to show two strands)
Head - Tying thread coated with SHHAN Mega Shine (clear nail polish)

Materials are listed in the order they are tyed onto the hook.

Hook - Mustad 3399 (Size 4)
Thread - Black UNI-Thread (6/0)
Tail - Kid Goat Hair (Black) (original pattern calls for black squirrel hair)
Body - Fine Black Chenille (original pattern calls for red)
Wing/Sides - Imitation Black Pukeko Feathers (these are rump feathers from a ring neck pheasant that have first been dyed black, and then dyed dark blue)
Cheeks - Jungle Cock Eyes
Head - Black tying thread with two coats of SHHAN clear nail polish

Materials are listed in the order they are tyed onto the hook.

thread: black
tail: red wool or dyed red duck wing quills
body: flat silver tinsel
rib: silver oval wire
wing: peacock sword with red duck quill thin strips on each side (red duck quill optional)
hackle: black hen

1: start with locking knot
2: tie in tail
3: tie in silver oval wire and leave hanging out the back
4: tie on tinsel leave hanging over the back
5: wind thread to the shoulder of the hook
6: wind tinsel to the shoulder of the hook and tie it on
7: wind oval wire evenly to the front to form the ribbing and tie it on
8: tie on the wing
9: apply hackle
10: whip finish