Gold Nugget Beads UK
The Bill of Materials
There are just a few materials needed for the Gold Nugget
- any curved nymph hook (size 12 works perfectly for this example)
- clear yellow and dark pearlesent craft glass beads
- medium brown rabbit fur dubbing
- a turkey feather
- golden goose biots
- a permanent brown craft marker.
Step 1.
TYING TIP
How do you prevent the turkey feather fibers from splitting when I attach them to the hook? Easy! coat an entire feather with a thin application of tying cement or preferably Softex. Let dry and just peel away the segments you need!
In our tying example, a #16 curved shank nymph hook, de-barbed, is used. Place the pearlesent glass craft bead on the hookshank and place in the vise. Tie on a prepared turkey feather strip to the 1/3 point on the hookshank. Prepare a dubbing loop with plenty of rabbit hair dubbing.
Step 1.
Step 2.
TYING TIP
Don't be afraid to use too much dubbing here. Too much won't hurt you. Wrap it all on!
Using hare's ear or hare's mask dubbing, dub a rather thick abdomen section, ensuring the guard hair fibers are sticking out, looking downright ugly. Brush the fibers with a toothbrush or dubbing teaser to get all the fibers outward.
Step 2.
Step 3.
TYING TIP
Crowd the beadhead with dubbing so the turkey tail top has a more wide-diameter place to rest once it is tied in. This will widen the top of the carapice the turkey tail is representing.
Bring the turkey tail over the top and tie off at the beadhead. Whip finish and remove the fly from the vise.
Step 3.
Step 4.
TYING TIP
De-barb the hook to get the beads on more easily.
Place 4 clear yellow glass craft beads on the hook shank and hold them in place with a "wedge" of dubbing...just enough to hold them in.
Step 4.
Step 5.
TYING TIP
To make tying biots on more easy, build up a tapered butt section with dubbing.
Tie in two golden goose biots at the edge of the last bead. Prepare a fine bit of dubbing (as shown in the picture) to wrap over the biots and hold everything in place. Tie off and place a drop of thin tying cement at the tail and at the head.
Step 5.
Final Step .
TYING TIP
It doesn't hurt to color the turkey tail topping to darken it up a little bit.
Golden stones are lighter in color on the bottom than they are on top. By using a permanent brown craft marker, color the top of the beads to imitate the natural more closely. You're done!
Final Step.
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