Shavulator (modified) Original recipe in Flylife #55
Hook - Dry fly #10 14 or Grub Hook #12-16
Thread Black 6/0
Tail (optional) Deer hair, pheasant
tail or calf tail
Ribbing Fine copper wire
Body Yellow Dubbing
Thorax Orange dubbing
Wing Light coloured deer or elk
hair
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Tie thread on hook. Wrap back to the hook bend. Tie in a thin tail. 6 8 pieces of deer hair. The length should be about the width of the gape of the hook. Tie in the copper wire. |
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Thinly dub the body of fly with yellow dubbing. The body should be Ύ of the hook shank. Rib the body with 3 - 5 turns of copper wire |
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Select a clump of deer hair. The flat width should be about the length of the hook shank. Stack in hair stacker. |
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Tie down the deer hair on top of hook shank. Place a few turns of thread in front of the deer hair to help hold the wing off the hook shank. |
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Take thread back behind the wing. Trim the deer hair. Optionally place a drop of head cement on the cut off deer hair butts. |
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Add orange dubbing to thread and dub the thorax. Add just a little in front of the wing, between the wing and the hook eye. Whip finish and tie off. |
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For best fishing
results, tie this fly onto the tippet with a loop knot. 