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Shooting Star
How do you tie a Shooting Star?
Shooting Star is a wet fly pattern for trout. Find its 5 materials and 14 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- Hans Weilenmann\r
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: Grip 14723BL #14
- Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
- Hackle: Ringneck pheasant neck feather
- Body: Mole, natural
- Hot spot: Golden pheasant tippets, dyed hot orange
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Tying instructions
Secure the hook in the vise.
Tie in the ringneck pheasant neck feather at the tie-in point.
Trim the stem of the feather.
Apply natural mole fur to the thread.
Wrap the mole fur forward to create a slender body.
Select a few barbs from a golden pheasant tippet dyed hot orange.
Tie in the barbs as a short wing, creating a hot spot.
Apply a tiny bit of dubbing to cover the tie-in point of the hot spot.
Wrap the thread to create a smooth head.
Use hackle pliers to grip the tip of the ringneck pheasant neck feather.
Wrap the hackle two times.
Trap the tip of the hackle and cut it off.
Snip off any remaining tip.
Whip finish and cut the thread.