The New Zealand style that solved the fouling problem: the feather wing is lashed down along the whole body by the rib, so it can't wrap the hook bend, and the freed fibers stand up like a sculpin's dorsal. Olive is the classic; black and brown earn their place.
1. Thread base — Attach olive thread and wrap to the bend.
2. Rib — Tie in oval gold wire at the bend.
3. Body — Tie in olive chenille and wrap forward to a quarter behind the eye. Tie off.
4. Wing — Pair 2–4 olive-dyed grizzly hen feathers, curves together, and strip the fibers from the underside of the section that will lie along the body. Tie in at the head, lying flat along the top, tips past the bend.
5. Lash — Wet the feathers and part the fibers at each pass as you wind the gold rib forward through the wing in open turns, binding the stems to the body. Tie off at the head.
6. Collar — Wind a matching hen feather 2 turns at the head, swept back.
7. Head — Neat head, whip finish, cement.
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rib
body
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