Fuzzel Katie – Kate McLaren variant

 

Seldom, at least in my case, fished alone this fly is a great top dropper or bob fly when lock style fly fishing. I particularly find the yellow version useful when yellow winged hoppers or other insects with yellow parts are on the trout's menu. At other times pink is a great trigger colour and when combined with the flash of the holographic tinsel and or the movement of the fuzzeled body and the soft front hackle are often enough to trigger a response.

Materials

 

Hook Thread Tail Rib Body Hackle
Knapek lure #10 to #14 Black Yellow or pink hackle fibres Fine silver wire or holographic tinsel Black seals fur Badger hackle dyed brown

Process

 

A
  1. Wind the thread from the 95% position to the bend of the hook.
  2. Tie in a tail of yellow hackle fibres about as long as the shank of the hook.
  3. Tie in a length of fine copper wire.

 

B
  1. Load your thread with seals fur dubbing using the single strand method of dubbing.
  2. Dub on a slightly round cigar shaped body along the rear 4/5 of the hook shank.

 

C
  1. Wind the silver wire forward forming 5 or 6 body segments. This will of course lock down some of the seals fur tips.
  2. Use a piece of Velcro to pick out a lot of the seals fur dubbing tips. This is an alternative to palmering a hackle along the body and simplifies the tying of the fly whilst preserving its appeal.
  3. Tie a badger hackle that has been died brown by the butt in the gap between the eye of the hook and the body of the fly.

 

D
  1. Take 2 or 3 turns of the fly depending on the thickness of the hackle fibres.
  2. Stroke the hackle fibres back and lock them in position with a couple of wraps of thread.
  3. Build up a neat head.
  4. Whip finish the head, trim the thread and varnish the head.

 



Last Updated: March 11, 2011
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