Fly Tying
extended body green drake
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Hook: Partridge K10 Size 14
Thread: UTC 70 Black
Tail: Black Deer Hair
Rib: Small Yellow Fentex
Body: Olive Sow Scud Dubbing
Wings: 2 Trimmed Black Hackles
Hackle: Barred Dun Hackl
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Insert the hook backwards into the vice.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd02-300x166_c.jpg)
Tie in the thread with a few wraps over the main body, and leave the thread of the back of the tail.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd03-300x207_c.jpg)
Tie in some Black Deer Hair for the tail and the extended body
and wrap it over the body to form a tail and extended body.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd04-300x220_c.jpg)
Tie in some yellow fentex for the ribbing later.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd05-300x225_c.jpg)
Dub to form the extended body right up to the hook.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd06-300x205_c.jpg)
Form 5-6 ribs on the extended body.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd07-300x182_c.jpg)
Turn the hook around so the hook part is in the vice.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd08-300x223_c.jpg)
Do a reverse whip finish so you have your thread going the right way.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd09-300x200_c.jpg)
Form your wings with the hackle and tie in.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd10-300x192_c.jpg)
Figure 8 around the wings and the hook to secure them.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd11-300x193_c.jpg)
Continue to dub the body up to the wings.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd12-300x172_c.jpg)
Tie in a barred dun hackle for later.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd13-300x183_c.jpg)
Continue the dubbing through the wings to the front of the hook.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd14-300x188_c.jpg)
Wrap the hackle forward through the wings.
![](https://www.sfotf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ebgd15-300x261_c.jpg)
Whip finish and the fly is ready for the water.
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