Tabory's Snake Fly

Materials

How to Tie the Tabory's Snake Fly

1. 1

   Step 1

   Start the thread at the rear of the shank and cover the back half with a firm thread base.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Even up the tips of a generous bunch of white ostrich herl and tie it in at the bend as a long tail, well past the hook.

   The length of the herl is what gives the fly its snaky profile, so do not cut it short.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Tie in a few strands each of silver Krystal Flash and silver Flashabou along the sides of the tail, trimmed to about tail length.

4. 4

   Step 4

   Tie in a white marabou plume by its tip and wrap it forward a few turns, stroking the fibers back, to make a full body over the rear half of the shank. Tie off and trim.

5. 5

   Step 5

   Clean and stack a bunch of white deer hair and tie it in just ahead of the marabou with the tips pointing back, so it flares into a collar over the body.

6. 6

   Step 6

   Spin and pack more bunches of white deer hair forward to the hook eye, pushing each one back tightly against the last.

7. 7

   Step 7

   Whip finish behind the eye, then trim the deer hair into a large, rounded head, leaving the collar tips untouched.

   Keep the head blunt and full; it is the head pushing water that makes the fly wobble.