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Hook - standard dry
Size - #10 - #14
Thread - 6/0 uni-thread
Body - dark brown synthetic dubbing
Back - turkey quill, or hackle barbs
Hackle - brown furnace dry fly saddle
Comment: Thanks to Todd Lovas "The Toddfather".
Coming from a long line of fly fishing purists, the
enclosed fly is a pattern, which was created by my Uncle
Pete. Pete was the most skilled fly fisherman I have ever
known. In family, we refer to this fly as “Pete’s
Beatle”. Not the easiest to tie but do-able, and well
worth the effort. The body is dubbed up in a cigar shape,
sometimes made relatively flat by the prior addition of
fibers (deer hair, moose mane, etc) to each side of the
hook thereby giving it greater width. A Turkey quill, or
dark fibers (mane or hackle) is used to create the
shellback, one end of which is tied in after dubbing but
before any hackle is wound. A long saddle hackle is
prepared by stripping one side of the barbs away. The
hackle is tied in at the bend of the hook, and drawn from
the bend along the length of the fly side to the eye,
fixing with a few wraps of thread before proceeding back
to the bend in the same fashion. This procedure is
repeated until the desired fullness of hackle is achieved.
To complete, the remaining end of the turkey quill or
fibers are tied down across the back of the fly and whip
finished. Please try to submit a picture of the fly from
the top, and side so as to impress upon the viewer the
geometry of the finished product. I hope you like this
productive little gem, there are very dammed few of these
in existence, and to the best of my knowledge only fished
by a few remaining members of my family. The enclosed fly
is my best shot at duplicating the original. If you want
to try a good terrestrial, drop one of these babies under
an overhanging branch, or a grassy bank and watch the
action start!
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