Hairy Mary

Materials

How to Tie the Hairy Mary

1. 1

   Step 1

   Start the black thread on the double hook and lay a smooth base along the shank toward the bend.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Tie in the small oval gold tinsel and wrap a few close turns at the rear for the tag. Leave the rest of the tinsel hanging to use as the rib.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Tie in a golden pheasant crest feather just ahead of the tag for the tail and trim the waste.

4. 4

   Step 4

   Tie in the black floss and wrap a smooth body forward, stopping short of the eye to leave room for the hackle and wing. Tie off and trim.

5. 5

   Step 5

   Wind the tinsel forward over the floss in open, evenly spaced turns. Tie it off and trim.

6. 6

   Step 6

   Prepare a dyed blue hackle, strip the fluff from the base and tie it in by the tip at the front of the body.

7. 7

   Step 7

   Wind the hackle at the front, tie it off and trim the stem.

8. 8

   Step 8

   Stroke the hackle fibers down and back so they sit under the shank as a throat, and secure them with a few thread wraps.

9. 9

   Step 9

   Cut a small bunch of the brown hair from the front of a white bucktail, remove the short hairs and even the tips.

10. 10

    Step 10

    Tie the hair in on top for the wing, then trim the butts and bind them down.

11. 11

    Step 11

    Form a neat head, whip finish and varnish the head.