Hook: #14 Dai Riki 305 or equivalent
Thread: Brown or Orange 6/0
Underbody: 2mm or less cinnamon foam
Body: 2mm or less orange foam
Legs (Optional): Medium Tan/Brown Centipede Legs
Body: Peacock Herl - 2 wraps
Hackle: Brown or Orange rooster hackle (I used orange grizzly hackle)
- Wrap thread to bend
- Tie in brown foam underbody leaving a small tag rounded off
- Tie in orange foam right on top of underbody
I used a small amount of flex cement on the thread to secure the foam (it tends to roll)
- Tie in legs on either side, then pull legs and orange foam back and secure to vice (I use lead wire left overs, makes next steps much easier)
- Wrap thread forward to a hook eye behind the eye
- Pull down underfoam to the thread point and tie in 4 wraps minimum. spiral wrap back to end and tie in hackle, spiral back to eye.
- Tie in herl and wrap back and forward then tie off and clip excess.
- Palmer hackle forward over herl and tie off/remove excess
- Trim hackle down evenly all over to hook gap length or less - brushy effect
- Release legs and orange foam overbody from lead wire
- Trim legs to size
- Fold orange foam down and tie off behind eye, fold back and tie over, trim and shape
- Trim underfoam to just past hook eye
I put a half hitch in here for strength
- Tie in rubber legs and trim to fit
- Whip finish on top of foam wrap point
