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Tying the MegaFugly

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Category: Freshwater Fishing
Forum Name: Fly Tying
Forum Description: Swap tips and techniques for Fresh and Saltwater fly patterns
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Printed Date: 30 Mar 2024 at 2:39am


Topic: Tying the MegaFugly
Posted By: Pole Dancer
Subject: Tying the MegaFugly
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2009 at 10:10am

Here is the sequence for tying the MegaFugly...
Step one: Tie in a short (Stimulator style) tail of Bleached Elk Hair

Add a piece of Foam (Colour selections are your preference, these are tied in standard Cicada Green)
ands the hackle colour of your choice. You definatley want high quality saddles (Such as Metz Microbarb) for this one. (As you'll notice the foam is cut to a short point.

Dub a body of your choice. I like the "sparkly" Masterbite (Glister) dubbings... in this case Brown) And secure the foam over the top.

Rib the body, over the foam, with the saddle hackle you tied in earlier...

Take you thread, squashing the foam, all the way forward to the eye and back again to where you tied off the foam originally... Tie in some Modge Flash... you want this to extend beyond the tail slightly.

Top this with an overwing of Bleached Elk Hair. Just like on Stimulators most people tie this way too short... it should extend as long as the Midge flash!) Tie in another saddle hackle of your choice of colour, in this case furnace.

Wrap the hackle forward to the eye and back again using as much hackle as possible....

Tie in Silli-legs, again colour of your choice) on each side...

Bring the foam over the top and tie off. You will need to do the whip finish by hand because of the bulk here...

Cut the foam to a nice point. You can also add a yellow "sighter" on top of the foam if you wish but on a fly this large I find it superfluous.




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Replies:
Posted By: Jaapie
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2009 at 6:41pm
Not one for the fresh water that much, but boy, that looks like a great pattern Clark.
 
Well done mate on the photo sequence as well.
Nice job!
 
I reckon this could be modified just awesomely for saltwater species....gurgler style perhaps.


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"Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught,will we realize that we cannot eat money" - 19th Century Indian Creed


Posted By: sooshee
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2009 at 9:39pm
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing ClarkThumbs%20Up.


Posted By: Fishy Steve
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2009 at 10:05pm
Looks yummy mate! Wish I had a few for tomorrows guide trip.


Posted By: fooling fish
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2009 at 11:12pm
Good one Clark as usual.
 
Cheers
Kevin


Posted By: jmeyerc
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2009 at 3:23pm

Nice fly Clark, will try this one - it is similar to another fly I tie at the moment ---- but better!

Thanks for the step by step Clark it's a beaut looking fly Thumbs%20Up

Jeanne




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