Zulu (as illustrated by Charles Orvis)
Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: not specified, but #12 – 18 wet (nymph, scud, emerger)
Thread: black
Materials-
tag: red (yarn, feather), clipped short and blunt
body: Peacock herl
front hackle: soft black (hen, starling)
Notes:
This fly is tied according to the illustration by Charles Orvis in Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury
Lay down a thread base, leave the thread tag to be used later as a “rib”
Tie in the tag; clip for a short, blunt, bushy look
Tie in one strand of peacock herl at the hook bend; tight wrap forward to an eye or plus behind eye; tie off and clip
Counter spiral wrap the thread tag through the herl being careful not to lay down the herl fibers; tie off and clip
Tie in a black, soft hackle an eye or plus behind eye in soft hackle fashion (by trimmed tip, shiny side up); wrap soft hackle, tie off; clip out stem/quill
Wrap thread head; whip finish; head cement
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Great tie