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Syl's Gold Plated Spinner
Sylvester Nemes pattern
tied by Bruce E. Harang
Materials:
Hook: Tiemco 100 or 101 or other dry fly hook (size 16 - 18) (here
Partridge L3A)
Tail: 2 Wood duck flank fibers
or two golden pheasant crest feather fibers
Abdomen: Yellow thread or dyed hackle quill
Thorax: None or color to match natural
Ribbing: Gold wire, close or solid wraps
Hackle: Rusty or Ginger
Tying Instructions:
Abdomen - are made of either Danville nylon 6/0 thread or of stripped and dyed hackle quills of the appropriate color.
Thorax - are made of dubbing fur of the appropriate color or of peacock herl.
Spinner Spent Wings - Sylvester Nemes method of making realistic spent spinner wings utilizes finger dubbing wax (Orvis makes a good one) and cock, or preferably hen, hackle. Syl's method of splitting the hackle into a full spent spinner position by permanently "bending" the hackle fibers into position by dividing, bunching and pulling or stroking the fibers into position with slightly waxed thumbs and forefingers.
NB: I managed to break off one of the tails while photographing it.
© 1997, 2009 Bruce E Harang