Recipe
for Black Ghost
Hook: Streamer Hook
Thread: Black
Tail: Yellow Hackle
Rib: Silver Tinsel, oval
Body: Black Floss or Wool
Throat: Yellow Hackle
Wing: White marabou
Recipe
for Jack Gartside's New Wave Soft Hackle
Recipe for Rob Lurie's Marabou Leech
Hook: 2-12
any length
Thread: Color of marabou feather
Tail: 3/8 inch clump of marabou
Flash: Peacock Krystal Flash
Body: 1/2 inch clumps of marabou
Wing: 1/2 inch clump of marabou from stiff-stemmed
feather.
Collar: Optional: Soft hackle of partridge
or colored feather.
Eyes: Bead chain, barbell, or none.
Head
cement: Clear sparkle nail polish
Progressively shorter marabou clumps are high tied every
1/4 inch, while holding down the wing. These are followed by folded
flash. The clumps form the body. The flash keeps the tail from twisting
around the hook.
Recipe for Barry Beck's Superbug
Hook: 2,4,6
Thread: Match
color.
Tail: 2 Marabou feathers (he used olive and tan).
Eyes: Painted
Barbells
Body: Soft hackle with fluff
Head: Sparkle dubbing or dubbing brush
Flash
Sillilegs
