Here is the fly pattern sheet for the Beta Spinner.
Materials
Hook:
Daiichi 1180, 1280 #14 – 8
Thread:
6/0 Danville brown
Body:
Superfine – March Brown or Spirit River UV
Hackle:
Light colored coq de leon and grizzly
Directions
- Attach thread to hook and wind to 50 percent mark.
- Create a thick body by winding back to barb and forward to thorax, ending at 60 percent mark.
- Tie in coq de leon hackle by tip.
- Tie in grizzly hackle by tip.
- Wind grizzly hackle forward with open wraps and tie off.
- Wrap coq de leon hackle forward and tie off.
- Whip finish and trim thread.
Personal tying notes:
- I tried 5 – 6 wraps of coq de leon hackle. Some flies sunk, so I used open wraps of CDL with grizzley hackle between each wrap. Now I use 8 – 10 wraps of CDL.
- Tie hackle in by tip. Hold stem and “Break” hackle to fold back.