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Kilo's Mangler
Kilo's Mangler is a jig nymph in the Hare's Ear style from Kilo (Josh), a guide on the local rivers in Utah who also manages the warehouse at Fly Fish Food. He came to it after fishing a size 20 Hare's Ear every day. A slotted tungsten bead on a jig hook, a squirrel dubbing body with a gold wire rib, a peacock thorax, a brown hen hackle and a shell pink hot spot make up the fly. Tied here on a size 14 hook.
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Materials
Hanak Hooks Model 400 Jig Hook, H 400 BL, size 14 (or Umpqua XC400BL-BN, size 14)
14
Hanak Round+ Slotted Tungsten Beads, gold, 3.5mm (or Firehole Stones Plated Slotted Tungsten Beads, gold, 3.5mm, or Fulling Mill Slotted Tungsten Beads, gold, 3.2mm)
Gold · 3.5mm
Whiting 4B Hen Saddle, variant, speckled brown
Speckled Brown
Peacock Eye Sticks
Whiting Red Label Hen Cape, brown
Brown
Ice Dub, fluorescent shell pink, for the hot spot
Fl. Shell Pink
How to Tie the Kilo's Mangler
- 1
Step 1
Slide the slotted bead onto the hook, seat it at the eye and mount the hook in the vise.
- 2
Step 2
Start the thread behind the bead and wrap back to the bend.
- 3
Step 3
Tie in a few speckled brown hen fibers at the bend for a long, thin tail.
- 4
Step 4
Tie in the gold wire at the same point and let it hang behind the hook.
- 5
Step 5
Dub the thread with the natural gray squirrel and wrap a body forward, leaving a short band of orange thread bare at the rear. Stop short of the bead to leave room for the thorax, hackle and hot spot.
- 6
Step 6
Wrap the wire forward over the body in open turns for the rib. Tie it off and trim the excess.
- 7
Step 7
Tie in peacock fibers from the eye stick, wrap a small thorax, tie them off and trim the excess.
- 8
Step 8
Tie in the brown hen feather in front of the thorax and wrap it as a soft hackle. Tie it off and trim the tip.
- 9
Step 9
Dub the thread lightly with the shell pink Ice Dub and wrap a small hot spot right behind the bead, leaving a narrow band of orange thread showing against the bead.
- 10
Step 10
Whip finish behind the bead and cut the thread.
View Step-by-Step Tutorial
https://www.flyfishfood.com/blogs/euro-nymph-tutorials/kilos-mangler
Credit: Kilo / Fly Fish Food