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I was tying some winged Bee's from Bergman's Trout and decided to give it a go for some wingless.

Hook: Ken Sawada Old Limerick Wet #12
Thread: black Griffith's 14/0
Tag: fine gold braid
Body: alternating black and bright yellow fine mohair yarn
Hackle: Brown hen

Old Hat;
That's one good lookin' fly ya posted. How does it look when wet?
Probably like a 'trout nibble' ...

I don't know yet. I actually tied it up hoping the smallmouth would like it. I wanted a couple smaller patterns in my warmwater box. Going on a float after some smallies tomorrow. I'll post an update. I have heard that trout like the bee patterns as well, I have always thought of bee patterns as more of attractor patterns than actual imitations but I can honestly say I have never fished a bee pattern before.

Happy 4th!

Beautiful pattern Carl. I am especially impressed with the taper of the body, especially with the dual-color body. Could you share the steps used to create the body?

Good luck on your float trip. Sounds like a fantastic way to spend the holiday.

That's one gorgeous fly, Carl. I'll be very much interested in
how the smallies react to it.

Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback.

Ray, I built up a small taper of thread to get the shape. The mohair is slippery stuff so you have to keep the taper smooth and not abrupt. I tied on the black at the front of the tag and the yellow (measured about 2-3 wraps of the yarn) in front of the black. Wrap the black up to where the yellow is tied in, and tie it down with a wrap of the yellow then continue to make 1-2 more wraps of the yellow around the hook and the black so that you're carrying the color up the shank when you're wrapping the other. Keep switching the color by using one to tie in the other working your way up the hook. I hope that makes sense. Its a bit of a struggle to explain in words. I can post picture steps if folks would like.

Howdy;

By all means please ...anything to keep ya away from your 4th. celebrations...lol

Was thinkin that with the yellow it would catch their attention, same as it would for the bass.

Thanks Carl. I understand your description. That was kind of how I was picturing it in my head. I hadn't pictured the thread underbody, to get the taper. Beautiful attention to detail, as always.

Howdy Carl, hank here;

Had to allow the information you gave about tying this to 'process' (I'm not that good at interpeting written how to's, do a lot better when shown or 'walked thru'), Got this figured out ... I think.lol

My question is this. As you overwrap each (black and yellow), with each other, how do you keep the fly from growing a 'keel' ? Or is that what you want to do?

Thanks for your patience with a newbie.

Hankaye, The mohair yarn I'm using is quite thin so the one strand of it under the other isn't really noticeable. I'm going to do a step by step to post on another site so I will post it here as well. Find a yarn that you like and unwind it down to one strand so you don't get the build up.