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Materials used
for this fly. |
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Icelandic
horse hair. |
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Deer hair. |
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Holographic
eyes 5 mm. |
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Tying
instruction |
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The tail is
tied in and its time for fixing the first bunch of deer
hair. |
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A small bunch
of hair is laid on top of the root of the tail, two loose
turns of thread are laid around the hair bunch.
Note that the tips of the hair is at the rear end of the
fly. |
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Pull tension
on the thread and the hair will rise as a collar. |
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Pull the hair
back. |
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Compress the
hair bunch. |
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Prepare
another bunch of hair. |
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Cut the tips
of the following bunches. The hair length is about 10-15 mm
Continue until the shank is filled up. |
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Glue the head
with locktite. The body is ready to be cut in shape. |
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Now, the body
has to be cut in correct shape. For this purpose, a serrated
scissors is very good. |
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Her the top is
cut. The technique is to cut the body in a square.
Then cut the shape in an octagon.
Cut the head end as a cone. |
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Her the body
has been cut in octagon shape. |
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The coarse cut is finished. |
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Its time to
burn the correct shape. |
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The head is
burned in the correct shape. |
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The front part
is burned in shape. |
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The burning is
done. |
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Brush the body
to clean it. |
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The fly is now
ready to have eyes mounted and to be painted. |
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Holographic
epoxy eyes 5 mm. |
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The eyes is
fixed. |
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A drop of locktite is put on to
secure the eyes. |
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Colour the
body with a prismatic color pen.
Now the fly is finish. |
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The fly seen
from the top. |
