Korn’s Green Lantern SBS

This fly is one of a series of variations of my original Korn’s SCHWARPF fly. 

(Swept Custom Hackle Winged All Revised Purpose Fly)

I did this step-by-step for Paul over at Franken Fly you can checkout his blog here: http://www.frankenfly.com/

Korn’s Green Lantern is a caddis pupa imitation that has been a very effective fly both here in the NY and out West in the Yellowstone National Park area.  

my materials list:

Hook: vintage Mustad Limerick #16 std. wet fly or current Mustad 9063

Thread: Serafil tan 200/2 or Uni-8/0

Bead: 11/0 green glass seed bead

Rib: small copper wire

Tail/shuck, Shellback and Wing: red fox squirrel tail tied in by the tips, divided 1/3 for tail, 2/3's for shellback and wing

Body and Collar: DK#28 Green Lantern dubbing or bright emerald green dubbing of choice

Step 1. Place a hook with a bead in the vise.

Step 2. Start thread at bead. Tie in copper wire at the eye with wraps back to the bend of the hook.

Step 3. Cut a clump of red fox squirrel tail.

Step 4. Pull out the short hairs and trim the tips even. Tie them in by the tips at the bend of the hooks with wraps forward to one bead width behind eye.  Note: It’s important to leave this gap.

Step 5. Wind thread back to hook point position and dub the thread.

Step 6. Wrap noodle from bend to one hook eye gap behind bead.

Step 7. Wind copper wire forward, first behind dubbing at the rear of hook over squirrel tail then forward in evenly spaced open turns.  Ending with a few tight turns behind the head.  Tie off and break off wire.

Step 8. Bring 2/3’s of squirrel tail forward to bead and wrap down in gap behind the bead spreading tail fibers in fan shape to form wing as shown.

Step 9. Trim tail/shuck to body length. Then fold back wing with a few tight wraps with thread winding up right behind the bead.

Step 10. Dub short noodle for collar.

Step 11. Wind collar and whip finish right behind the bead.

Step 12. Trim wing to as long as the hook and the Green Lantern is complete.

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