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Hook:Mustad Hook size:4-10 Thread:White Weight: Lead wire(optional) Tail:Pearl flashabou Body:Braided pearl flashabou Throat:Pearl flashabou
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. Cut a clump of flashabou about 3/4 the length of the hook. Place the cut ends of the flashabou on top of the last thread turns. Secure down with 4 or 5 turns of thread. It should look like this...
 3. Take the free end of your braided pearl flashabou and place it over top of your last thread wraps and secure it down with 4 to 5 thread wraps. Now wrap your thread up the shank of the hook stopping 1/4 inch from the eye of the hook. Now wrap the braided flashabou up the shank in the same manner as the the thread keeping steady pressure on the braided flashabou and secure it with 4 to 5 thread turns and cut the braided flashabou as close to the thread wraps as possible. It should look like this...
 4. Turn your fly so that the hook is upside down. Cut a clump of pearl flashabou about 3/4 of the length of the hook. Place the cut ends on what is now the top of the hook. Secure with 4 or 5 thread wraps. Spin a head and whip finish.
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