The Zulu tied with a black hackle body and a black tail has origins that go back to circa 1600 England. This fly deviates from the standard a little and has a white under-tail of antron tied in to represents a trailing shuck, seals fur dubbing and a soft hackle at the front so if it is used as a loch fly it has some movement and a couple of trigger points.
Materials
| Hook |
Thread |
Tag / tail |
Body |
Rib |
Body hackle |
Front hackle |
| Knapek lure 10-14 |
Black |
Black crow hackle fibres over white antron |
Black seals fur |
Fine silver tinsel |
Black cock |
Crow |
Process
| A |
- Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook.
- Tie in a light tag tail of white antron about as long as the bite of the hook.
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| B |
- Tie in a tail of just 4 or 5 crow hackle fibres which is about as long as the hook shank over the top of the antron tag.
- Tie the ribbing material in at the bend of the hook.
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| C |
- Using the single strand method of dubbing dub an acorn shaped body over the rear 2/3 of the hook shank.
- Tie a hackle, shiny side out in front of the body of the fly. The ideal hackle should be good quality dry hackle and should have barbules equal in length to the gape of the hook.
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| D |
- Wind the hackle back along the hook making 4 or 5 segments.
- Hold the hackle firmly in place with one hand and pick the ribbing material up with the other and wind the ribbing material firmly forward so that it locks the hackle in place and forming between 4 or 5 segments along the body.
- Trim the excess ribbing material.
- Tie a soft hackle in by the tip.
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| E |
- Cut away the hackle tip.
- Take two full turns of the hackle.
- Stroke the hackle barbules back and lock them in position with a few wraps of thread..
- Trim the excess hackle
- Build up a neat head of thread.
- Whip finish and varnish the head of the fly.
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April 26, 2011 | 
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