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Thread:Red
Butt:Orange chenille
Body:Flat silver tinsel
Shoulder: Orange chenille
Wing:White Marabou
1. Put the bend of the hook in the vise. Hold the thread in your left hand, bobbin in right and starting 1/4 of the way from the bend of the hook wrap the thread over top of the hook 5 times moving towards the eye then back over the thread towards the back of the hook. Continue wrapping until you get to the bend of the hook. It should look like this...
 2. Take the free end of your orange chenille and place it over top of your last thread wraps and secure it down with 4 or 5 thread wraps. Now wrap your thread up the shank of the hook 1/4 of an inch. Take a piece of flat silver tinsel about 2 1/2 times the length of the hook and secure one end here. Now wrap the chenille up the shank in the same manner as the thread, keeping steady pressure on the chenille and secure it with 4 to 5 thread turns just going over top of where the tinsel is secured. Now cut the chenille as close to the securing wraps as possible. It should look like this...
 3. Spin your thread towards the eye of the hook stopping 1/2 of an inch from the eye of the hook. Grab the free end of the tinsel with your hackle pliers and spin the tinsel up the shank of the hook in the same manner as your thread and secure it 1/2 of an inch from the eye. Secure it down with 4 or 5 thread turns and trim of the extra. It should look like this.
 4. Take the free end of your orange chenille and place it over top of your last thread wraps and secure it down with 4 or 5 thread wraps. Now wrap your thread up the shank of the hook stopping just in front of the eye. Now wrap the chenille up the shank in the same manner as the thread, keeping steady pressure on the chenille and secure it with 4 to 5 thread turns stopping 1/8 of an inch in front of the eye. Now cut the chenille as close to the securing wraps as possible. It should look like this...
 5. Trim off a clump of marabou so it looks like the picture at the start of this page. Hold the cut ends on top of the hook and secure them down with 4 or 5 thread turns as close to the chenille as possible. Try to keep the fibers on top of the hook as you secure it. Build a small head with thread by spinning your thread forward and back. Whip finish.
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