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Mongrel Meat
This is the second version of Cheech's Mongrel Meat, a two-hook purple streamer reworked to tie faster and carry more bling. The original head needed many clumps of hair, so this one swaps in a simpler dubbed head, and gold Ice Dub collars add a solid metallic flash to each section. Try silver, copper, pearl, blue or red Ice Dub in place of the gold, or leave the flash out for a quieter fly that still has plenty of bulk. Tied here on size 2 and size 1 hooks.
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Materials
Fish Hunter Premium Strung Marabou, Purple (UV), for the tails and the rear collar
Purple
Hareline Ice Dub, gold, for the flash collars
Gold
Holographic Cactus Chenille, black
Black
Lead Barbell Eyes, plain (dull), large (3/16 inch, 5mm), on the front hook
Plain · Large (3/16 inch, 5mm)
Arctic Fisherman Blue Fox Tail Fur, purple, for the front collar
Purple
Fly Tyer's Z-Ment, for the thread wraps and eyes
Loon UV Clear Fly Finish - Flow, for the heads
How to Tie the Mongrel Meat
- 1
Step 1
Mount the rear hook and lay a thread base back to the bend.
- 2
Step 2
Tie in a bunch of purple marabou at the bend for the tail. Bind the butts along the shank and trim any excess.
- 3
Step 3
Lay a pinch of gold Ice Dub across the tail base, tie it down at its middle and fold the forward fibers back over the tail. Comb it out so it blends with the marabou.
A comb or brush spreads the Ice Dub into fine flash rather than a clump.
- 4
Step 4
Tie in the Cactus Chenille at the base of the tail and wind it forward over the rear part of the shank. Tie it off.
- 5
Step 5
Tie in a schlappen feather and wind it forward, stroking the fibers back. Tie it off and trim the stem.
- 6
Step 6
Wind a purple marabou feather as a collar. Add another pinch of gold Ice Dub in front of it the same way, folded back and combed out.
- 7
Step 7
Whip finish, coat the small head with UV finish, cure it and take the rear section out of the vise.
- 8
Step 8
Mount the front hook and start the thread. Tie the lead barbell eyes on top of the shank a little behind the hook eye with firm crossing wraps, and lock them with glue.
- 9
Step 9
Tie the wire along the shank, slide on two beads, pass the wire through the eye of the rear hook and bring it back through the beads. Bind both legs down at the back of the front hook and trim the excess.
- 10
Step 10
Tie in a bunch of purple marabou at the back of the front hook so it covers the joint.
- 11
Step 11
Wind Cactus Chenille and schlappen forward as on the rear section, stopping well behind the lead eyes.
- 12
Step 12
Tie bunches of purple fox tail fur around the shank in front of the body, tips back, for a full collar. Comb out the underfur as you go.
- 13
Step 13
Tie a tuft of Laser Dub on top of the shank pointing forward over the hook eye and a matching tuft on the underside. Fold them back over the collar and tie them down, working forward to the lead eyes.
- 14
Step 14
Add gold Ice Dub in front of the Laser Dub on top and bottom, folded back and combed out. Whip finish, glue a holographic eye to each side of the head and coat it with UV finish, then cure it.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioMc92C_NX0
Credit: Cheech / Fly Fish Food