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Drunk & Disorderly
How do you tie a Drunk & Disorderly?
Drunk & Disorderly is a streamer fly pattern for trout, bass. Find its 12 materials and 23 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- trout, bass
- Pattern designer
- Tommy Lynch
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At the vise
Materials
- Trailer Hook: Gamakatsu B10s #4
- Thread: White
- Tail/Flash: Flashabou Black
- Body: Polar Chenille - Gold UV
- Collar: Rabbit Zonker - Light Olive
- Movement: Mallard Flank Feather - Olive
- Articulation: Senyo's Intruder Wire & Killer Caddis beads LRG
- Leading Hook: Gamakatsu B10s #2
- Head: Spinning Deer Hair - Olive
- Eyes: Fish Skull Living Eyes - Earth
- Glue: Loon UV Thin
- Optional: Glass Rattle
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Tying instructions
Secure the trailer hook in the vise.
Start the thread behind the eye and wrap down the shank to the bend.
Tie in a generous amount of black flashabou for the tail.
Tie in a generous amount of silver flashabou for the tail.
Trim the flash to the desired length.
Tie in the gold UV polar chenille.
Wrap the chenille forward, stroking the fibers back as you go.
Tie off the chenille and trim the excess.
Tie in the olive rabbit zonker strip by the hide.
Wrap the zonker forward to form a collar.
Tie off the zonker and trim the excess.
Select an olive mallard flank feather and flatten the stem.
Tie in the mallard flank feather along the top of the shank, extending to the tail.
Whip finish and apply head cement to the thread wraps.
Attach the trailer hook to the leading hook using intruder wire and killer caddis beads.
Secure the leading hook in the vise.
Start the thread behind the eye and wrap down the shank.
Cover connection with clump of marabou or flash
Build body same as before, leaving ample room for head.
Stack three clumps of olive spinning deer hair to form the head.
Trim the deer hair to shape the head.
Glue on the fish skull living eyes.
Apply UV resin to the head and cure with a UV light.