Gimp - A pattern from Lacey Gee. The story goes that he was packaging an order of Amherst pheasant neck feathers and saw the little feathered extensions at the base of the feathers and thought that they looked fishy. His first attempt was a tail and collar of dun hackle feather/fibers (just 2 turns for the collar, dun-colored wool yarn and 2 of the "Gimp" feathers tied on the back. He tried them out and they worked! Oh, and he was packaging those Amherst feathers for the Waspi Fly company - the company he founded in 1948 on the Wapsipinicon River. One last thing, next time you tie a Wooly Bugger you can thank Mr. Gee. He found that marabou - from the Marabou Stork at that time and getting harder to find (think Jungle Cock!)- is almost identical to marabou from the common turkey!
Hook - Mustad 3906B, 10-16 (I have seen this pattern tied on up-eye and ring-eyed equivalent hooks as well)
Thread - black
Tail - dun hackle fibers, rolled
Body -grey or dun colored dubbing or wool yarn (grey wool yarn used here
Wing - 1 or 2 feathers extensions from the base of an Amherst neck feather (a single feather used here
Hackle - 2 turns of dun hackle, swept back
Hook - Mustad 3906B, 10-16 (I have seen this pattern tied on up-eye and ring-eyed equivalent hooks as well)
Thread - black
Tail - dun hackle fibers, rolled
Body -grey or dun colored dubbing or wool yarn (grey wool yarn used here
Wing - 1 or 2 feathers extensions from the base of an Amherst neck feather (a single feather used here
Hackle - 2 turns of dun hackle, swept back
