Tying Instructions: Gray Ugly

1. Attach a silver tinsel on the shank in front of the hook point. Wrap the tinsel to about the halfway position of the hook bend and wrap back to where you started.
Step One
2. Attach a bundle of Grizzly Hackle fibers to the start of the hook bend for a tail. The tail length should be about the same as the hook shank.
Step Two
3. Attach a Grizzly hackle that is about one size larger than the hook gap at the bend of the hook. Give three wraps and anchor. Trim the the hackle tag.
Step Three
4. Attach two Peacock Herls by the tip just in front of the Rear Hackle. Also attach a piece of silver wire that will be used for ribbing.
Step Four
5. Wrap the peacock herl forward with tight wraps to about 1/8" behind the eye. Step Five
6. Bring the Silver wire ribbing forward with even wraps and attach a Grizzly hackle in front of the herl body for a Fore Hackle. This Hackle should be one size smaller and the Aft Hackle or Rear Hackle. Complete with a thread wrapped head. Whip Finish. Step Six

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