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Un-‘truder:
Recipe:
Tube: plastic 2.5mm od, ~50mm long
Thread: 14/0 GG sheer
Rear post: dyed natural fur dubbing ball (alternative = wrapped & swept cock hackle)
Rear ‘wing’: sunburst dyed arctic marble fox tied in the round
Body: pearl straggle fritz
Rib: medium French oval gold tinsel twist
Front post: as per rear post
Front ‘wing’: fiery orange dyed raccoon dog tail fur, tied in the round
Accents: Amherst pheasant centre tail: tied in 4 bunches equally around the tube (quartered), each bunch consisting of 2 fibres each of natural, dyed hot orange, & dyed blue; you may wish to add a strand or two of pearl angel hair with each of the quarters of Amherst
Front collar: kingfisher blue dyed saddle hackle, swept
Head: fluo red thread or floss
Varnish: clear
Steps:
Tube in the tube vice, thread started, and first bunch of dyed natural fur dubbing spun onto the thread
Start wrapping the dubbing ball as the rear post
Rear post completed
Select a small bunch of unburst yellow dyed marble fox, remove the underfur, and tie ‘in the round’
Wrap the tying thread over the fox along the body, trim XS fox, and tie in a length of oval gold tinsel
Tie in a length of pearl straggle fritz
Wrap the straggle fritz as the body
Wrap the tinsel in open even turns over the straggle fritz, ensuring to pick out the mylar fibres as you go – I could have used more wraps of tinsel; spin some more dyed natural dubbing onto the thread for the front post
Completion of the front dubbing ball post
Tbc…..
