| THE SHUTTLECOCK
BUZZER |
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| HOOK: Kamasan B100 or Drennan Emerger size 12 or14 |
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| THREAD: Black |
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| BODY/THORAX: Black Seals Fur |
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| RIB: Medium Pearl |
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| TAIL: White Cock hackle fibres |
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| CHEEKS:
Orange Glo-Brite no.7. Two feathers of C.D.C |
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| 1. Take the thread down the hook and catch in the White cock hackle
fibres and a length of Medium Pearl. |
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| 2.Twist some Seal's fur (sub) onto the thread and take it two-thirds of
the way along the hook .Run the rib in neat turns along the body and fix
in place. |
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| 3. Next catch in some strands of no7 Orange Glo-Brite at the back of
the thorax area ready to form the
cheeks. |
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| 4.Take two plumes of C.D.C and tie them in above the Glo-Brite
strands. |
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| 5.Add throax of Black Seal's fur, and then bring the Glo-Brite round to
form the cheeks. |
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| 6.Fold the C.D.C over the top of the thorax and tie in place so they
project forwards over the eye of the hook.Build up a head with the thread
and tie it off. |
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| BLAE AND BLACK |
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| HOOK: Kamasan B175 size 12 |
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| THREAD: Black |
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| BODY: Black Floss |
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| RIB: Silver Wire |
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| HACKLE: Black Cock or Hen Cape |
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| WING: Starling Wing |
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| 1.Catch on your tying silk and take it down to the bend of the hook. |
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| 2.Select a bunch of a approximatley six
fibres of cock or hen feather fibre. Measure the tail up so that it
is about two-thirds the length of the hook. Tie it in and trim the
surplus. |
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| 3.Tie in a length of Silver Wire for a rib and bind it down with the
thread. |
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| 4.Next catch in a length of Black Floss and then take the thread back up
to the eye. Follow this with the Black Floss in clockwise, touching turns
to create a slim, even profile. Tie the floss down and trim the
surplus. |
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| 5.Follow the floss down with the Silver Wire so that there are about six
turns. Tie off and trim. |
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| 6.Catch a hackle in by the stalk and make about 2.5 full turns around the
same bed of the hook. Tie off and trim surplus. |
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| 7.Now to winging. Take your opposite wings and split a matching pair with
a dubbing needle. |
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| 8.Pair the two matching feather strips so the tips are together (dullest
sides touching). Trim the surplus feather. |
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| 9.Build up a head, execute a whip finish and add a drop of
varnish. |
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