Butt Muncher

Materials

How to Tie the Butt Muncher

1. 1

   Step 1

   Start the thread behind the eye and build a small base where the eyes will sit, leaving some bare shank in front of it.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Tie the eyes on top of the shank with firm figure-eight wraps.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Wrap the thread back along the shank in open turns to the start of the bend.

4. 4

   Step 4

   Cut a length of Ultra Chenille for the tail. Coat one end with orange Loon UV Colored Fly Finish and cure it to make the hot spot.

5. 5

   Step 5

   Lay the chenille along the shank with the hot spot pointing rearward and bind it down, so a long tail extends past the bend. Trim any excess at the front.

6. 6

   Step 6

   Tie in the speckled chenille at the base of the tail and bring the thread forward, stopping well short of the eyes.

7. 7

   Step 7

   Wrap the speckled chenille forward to the thread. Tie it off and trim the excess.

8. 8

   Step 8

   Prepare a Brahma hen saddle feather and tie it in just ahead of the body.

9. 9

   Step 9

   Wrap the feather as a collar, stroking the fibers back. Tie it off and trim the excess.

10. 10

    Step 10

    Dub the thread with UV tan Ice Dub and wrap it between the collar and the eyes and around the eyes.

11. 11

    Step 11

    Stroke the dubbing fibers back over the collar so they sweep along the body.

12. 12

    Step 12

    Bring the thread ahead of the eyes, whip-finish behind the hook eye and trim the thread.