How-to-steps ( Stimulator )

[Jeremy Hunt]

Stimulator

Recipe:

Hook: TMC 200R / or 2303 Sz 4-10

Thread: UTC 70 Fl. Orange

Tail: light elk hair

Body: Yellow (dubbing)

Lower Body: Furnace Brown Hackle

Wing: Light elk hair w/ Krystal Flash

Thorax: Orange (dubbing)

Upper Body: Grizzly Hackle

TYING INSTRUCTIONS:

Step 1.

Start the thread and wind to the bend.

Step 2.

Tie in about half a pencil length of elk hair. Make sure you stack it in a hair stacker before tying it in. Cut the butt ends and tie it in real close. Not to much excess. Keep the shank clear for the next steps.

Step 3.

Once you have tied down the elk hair you are ready to tie in the grizzly hackle. You are going to tie the feather in at the tip and make sure the dull side is facing down (concave).

Step 4.

Now you’re going to dub the fly up just past the middle of the shank. Always pay attention to proportions. That is what I see wrong with most patterns that are newly tied. Always look at pictures when learning new flies. It will definitely help you in the long run.

Step 5.

Wrap the feather up to where the dubbing stops. Depending on how you want your fly to sit in the water will determine how many wraps you tie up. I like to wrap about five to six turns.

Step 6.

Tie in about eight strands of krystal flash. Measure the flash to the end of the elk hair you have in for the tail . Now you're ready to tie in the next section of elk hair.

Step 7.

Measure the next clump to the same size as the krystal flash.

Step 8.

Tie in the next grizzly hackle, but this time you are going to tie in the feather with the fat side instead of the tip side. You want the hackle to tapered to be smaller at the eye.

Step 9.

Now dub the fly up to the eye. You want the dubbing to be dubbed going from big to small. You don't need a bunch so try to grab a small amount of dubbing when putting on the thread. If you are having trouble keeping the dubbing on the thread you are probably dubbing to big of a clump in one area. Try to space it out when you are dubbing it on. Also only go one direction when dubbing on the thread.

Step 10.

Wrap the hackle about three to four turns and whip finish the fly and that’s it. Just make sure you still have enough dubbing showing through the wraps.