Aerobaetis

Materials

How to Tie the Aerobaetis

1. 1

   Step 1

   Slide the olive tungsten bead onto the hook and secure in the vise. Start the fluorescent orange thread behind the bead and make several wraps to create a visible hot spot collar. Tie off and switch to olive thread.

   The orange hot spot adds a key fish-attracting trigger near the head.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Wrap the olive thread to the hook bend. Select 4-6 dark Pardo Coq de Leon fibers and tie in as a short, split tail.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Tie in a strand of olive dyed pearl Flashabou and a strip of brown holographic tinsel at the bend.

4. 4

   Step 4

   Wrap the holographic tinsel forward to form a slim, slightly tapered body. Tie off at the thorax area.

5. 5

   Step 5

   Spiral wrap the Flashabou rib forward over the body for segmentation and flash. Tie off and trim.

6. 6

   Step 6

   Cut a narrow strip of gator-pattern Thin Skin for the wing case. Tie it in at the thorax. Dub a thorax of olive brown Hare's Ice Dub, building it slightly fuller than the body.

7. 7

   Step 7

   Pull the Thin Skin forward over the thorax as a wing case and tie down. Trim. Apply a coat of UV resin over the wing case and body. Whip finish and cure.