So....here's the Mulberry Fly
Hook: Eagle Claw #6 red baitholder
Veevus 200d gSP
Body: 1/16" craft foam, purple
Tail: green rubber leg
.020 round lead
.020 lead wrap
Wrap the lead, add a "stem", coat with super glue
Cut a strip of 1/16" craft foam as wide as the shank is long.
Tie in the foam at the midpoint and coat with superglue. I use my bodkin to move the glue around. Don't coat the whole strip or you'll end up stuck to your fly
Wrap the hook with 4 or so turns to form a roll. Cut the foam at an angle and make sure it's stuck down good. Throw a couple half hitches in the thread at the eye and get it out of the way. If you don't have a thread rest......make one!
Cut away everything that doesn't look like a berry. Kinda like carving a duck
Wrap the thread back and forth making "berry bumps". Whip finish at the eye.
Get out your pile of sharpies and do some coloring
Couple coats of Hard As Nails and it's a Mulberry!
The first batch float like corks. Mulberries sink like rocks. This batch will sink.
To be fair, I found this recipe online. Mine is a bit different, but, there's a thousand different ways to tie a Mulberry Fly
hope to give it a good workout tomorrow. I'm taking the GoPro and the camera just in case. This could be a lot of fun.
Rg