Phill's Fly-Tying

 The Sweeny Todd

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Materials:

Hook: D/E sizes 6 to 16 LS

Silk: Black

Rib: Fine Silver Wire

Body: Black silk floss with collar of neon magenta DF wool at wing root

Throat Hackle: Fibres of crimson dyed cock

Wing: Black Squirrel

Method:

1. To dress, wind black tying silk down the shank to the bend.
  1. Tie in fine silver wire for ribbing and black floss for the body.
  2. Wind the black floss two thirds of the distance up the shank and this is followed by the rib and tie in.
  3. A short collar of neon magenta DF wool is the wound on nearly up to the eye.
  4. The throat hackle of dyed crimson cock fibres is tied underneath and sloping well back.
  5. Finally tie in on top of the hook immediately behind the eye a substantial bunch of black squirrel fibres slightly longer than the hook and sloping well back.