Sex Dungeon

Materials

Rear hook

TMC 5263 #4 (3X-long streamer); #6 for the mini, Daiichi 2460 #2 for the large white version

Front hook

TMC 5263 #2; #4 for the mini, Daiichi 2460 #1/0 for the large

Thread

Danville 210 denier or UTC 140 to match the body for the sections; GSP for the deer hair

Tail

Marabou, one full plume, about a shank length (olive on the base tie)Natural/olive, black, white, yellow and crawdad orange versions change marabou, chenille, schlappen, legs and deer hair together.

Tail flash

Krystal Flash or Flashabou, a few strands each side

Rear body

Medium Ice Chenille (or Ice Dub in a loop), olive

Rear hackle

Barred olive schlappen, palmered through the body

Rear legs

Barred Crazy Legs or MFC Centipede Legs, two per side at the front of the rear body

Connection

30-lb Fireline or 19-strand coated wire with one red glass bead

Front skirt

Marabou plume tied in at the bend of the front hook over the joint, with a little flash

Front body

Medium Ice Chenille, olive

Front hackle

Barred olive schlappen, palmered

Front legsoptional

Barred Crazy Legs, two per side behind the head

Wingoptional

A marabou plume laid over the top of the front body

Eyes

Large lead dumbbell eyes (Pseudo Eyes or double-pupil), tied on the underside of the front shank inside the head

Head

Olive deer body hair, spun around and in front of the eyes, razored with a flat underside and a rounded top

Steps

1. 1.Clamp the rear hook and lay a thread base from the eye to the bend.
2. 2.Tie in a full marabou plume at the bend for a tail about a shank length long, and add a few strands of Krystal Flash down each side.
3. 3.Tie in a schlappen feather by the tip and the Ice Chenille at the base of the tail.
4. 4.Wind the chenille forward in close turns, stopping a short way behind the eye, and tie off.
5. 5.Palmer the schlappen forward through the chenille, tie off, and stroke the barbs back.
6. 6.Tie in two rubber legs on each side at the front of the body, reaching about to the tail tip. Build a small head, whip finish and cement.
7. 7.Clamp the front hook and lay a thread base. Lash the dumbbell eyes to the underside of the shank about a third of the way back from the eye with figure-eights and glue; the front 40 percent of the shank stays clear for the head.
8. 8.Thread the Fireline or wire through the rear hook eye, slide on the red bead, and lash both ends along the top of the front shank back to the bend; fold and re-bind, then glue. The rear hook should swing freely with the bead sitting in the joint.
9. 9.At the bend of the front hook tie in a marabou plume as a skirt that covers the joint, with a little flash over it.
10. 10.Tie in schlappen and Ice Chenille at the bend, wind the chenille forward to just behind the eyes, palmer the schlappen over it, and tie off. Add a pair of legs each side behind the eyes if you want them.
11. 11.Lay a marabou plume flat over the top of the front body as a wing if you are tying the fuller version, and tie off the body thread.
12. 12.Start GSP behind the eyes. Spin a first bunch of deer hair with the tips pointing back to make a collar, then spin further bunches round the eyes, figure-eighting the thread over the eyes so hair covers them, and one more in front, packing each bunch hard. Whip finish at the eye.
13. 13.Trim with a double-edge razor: shave the belly flat first, then round the top and sides into a broad, slightly flattened head that leaves the collar tips alone. The wide head pushes water; the flat belly and eyes give it a nose-down keel.
14. 14.Cement the whip and drop thin cement into the base of the hair.

From the tier

• Galloup fishes it on a full-sinking or heavy sink-tip line with a 3-4 ft leader of 20-lb butt and no lighter than 12-lb tippet, hammering banks and structure from the boat.
• His retrieve is the jerk-strip: point the rod at the fly, jerk it 12-20 in downstream, then strip up the slack while the rod returns; the hard turn at each jerk is what triggers the eat. As he told Outdoor Canada, "You have to make the action happen."
• The weighted nose inside a buoyant hair head gives a front-heavy, near-neutral fly that rolls rather than jigs; Galloup says his patterns move in a vertical or lateral serpentine, unlike classic dredged streamers. White and tan for bright days, black and dark tones as the all-round choice, olive and crawdad orange in creeks and rocky water.

Hook and hardware

• 3X-long streamer hooks2

  size 2 front, 4 rear · TMC 5263

  Rear hookFront hook

  2

• Fireline or coated wireabout 6 in

  30 lb / 19 strand

  Connection

  about 6 in

• Lead dumbbell eyes1 pair

  large; yellow Pseudo Eyes or red/white double pupil

  Eyes

  1 pair

Feathers and fur

• Marabou3 plumes

  olive (or variant colour)

  TailFront skirtWing

  3 plumes

• Schlappen2 feathers

  barred olive

  Rear hackleFront hackle

  2 feathers

• Deer body hair3-4 large bunches

  olive (or variant colour)

  Head

  3-4 large bunches

Synthetics, flash and legs

• Krystal Flash or Flashabou8-10 strands

  olive or pearl

  Tail flashFront skirt

  8-10 strands

• Ice Chenilleabout 12 in

  medium olive

  Rear bodyFront body

  about 12 in

• Barred Crazy Legs or Centipede Legs4-8 legs

  olive/green flake

  Rear legsFront legs

  4-8 legs

Thread and finish

• Tying thread1 spool

  210 denier or 140 denier, olive · Danville or UTC

  Thread

  1 spool

• GSP thread1 spool

  100-200 denier

  ThreadHead

  1 spool

• Superglue and head cementa few drops

  ConnectionEyesHead

  a few drops

Other

• Glass bead1

  small, red

  Connection

  1