Material List:

Hook: Eagle Claw 253/254 in size 1/0-4/0

Thread: White

Buck Tail: White and 2-3 each of green apple, light blue and pink bucktail

Neck Hackle: White

Saddle Hackle: White

Body: Pearl Body Braid

Eyes: Jungle Cock Nails

Fly Tying Feature: The East Coast Ghost by Lyle Robertson

I was playing around one night looking at a big white Bomber plug and I know it is a producing plug and I wanted to make a Fly that looked like it. Here is the result. This is a white flatwing tied Ken Abrahms style. Ken liked it and told me to name and post it. Then came yellow then black and a variety of solid colors. All are single colored with a bit of accent on the cheeks. These are very easy to tie as shown below:

Starting the Fly

Start your thread and fill in the gap of the hook eye. This prevents the line from binding or sliping into the hook gap. wrap the thread back to the point of the hook as shown.

Building the Tail

Start with a bunch of bucktail and tie it on to the hook shank. Do not tie back beyond the hooh shank. Spead the bucktail out like a fan. this makes a platform.

Buidling the Tail

Part 2 the Pillow

Take a neck hackle feater and at the point where the downey fibers end. Cut the downey part from the hackle. Wax a 2-3 inch section of the thread and roll the fluff onto the thread. Wrap the dubbed feather around the base of the bucktail fan. this is going to be a place to rest the feathers and helps to keep them flat. When the body is wrapped over this pillow, it cinches the feathers over the bump to hold them in place.

Buidling the Tail

Part 3 the Neck Hackle

The neck hackle is an important part of the tail as it is a springy platform that helps to hold the flatwing up. Using the remaining portion of the feather used in part 2, tie the feather in flat over the pillow curve side (dull) up. Take to wraps over the pillow, do not cinch. Adjust the feather so it is flat and centered. wrap further down the hook shank and cinch the stem down.

Buidling the Tail

Part 4 the Saddle Hackles

Place the first saddle hackle flat centered over the pillow curved side down . Like the neck hackle, use the portion down from the fluff. The first hackel should be just a bit longer than the neck hackle feather. Attach feather the same as in step 3. Repeat with a second saddle hackle a half inch to an inch and a half longer than the previous depending on how long your tying the fly. Attop the second hackle, place two stands of pearl flashabu, followed by the third and longest hackle.

The Body

Attach the body braid to the bottom of the hook shank. Wrap over the top, away from you, back over the pillow. Pinch the tail in place as you tighten the tail down with the body braid. Wrap back to the front and tie off and cut off at the bottom of the shankabout an eith inch from the eye of the hook. This leaves foom for the collar, cheeks and wing.

 

The Collar

Attach a small bunch of bucktail on the underthird of the the hook shank. Tie the bucktail in sparse and spread out in an even fan. This will give the fly a good profile after it is shaped.

The Cheeks

Place the small bundles of the cheek hairs on the evenly on the sides of the hooks. Spread them out like the collar.

The Wing

Place a bundle of bucktail on the top of the hook shank. Spread the hairs down over the hook.

The Eyes

Attach the Jungle Cock Nails on each side of the hook eye. Whip finish 4 times of 3 wraps.

Shaping your Fly

Hold the tip of the hook and run the fly under very hot water to shape the fly. Let the water really soak into the hairs as to shape the fly. Allow the fly to dry in that position, eye up. The fly will dry shaped.

This very fly produced the first time out!

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