The Belmont (variation) SBS

[ScottP]

Not the third leg of the Triple Crown; a lake pattern from Shetland. Wouldn't have bothered with a SBS since most of it is pretty basic, but I was watching a Davie McPhail video and saw a cool way to tie in peacock sword, keeping the curvature of the fibers intact, so I thought I'd throw it in.

hook - Mustad 3399A #12
thread - Danville 6/0 black
rib - tinsel gold
abdomen - peacock herl
hackle - hen brown
underwing - Krystal Flash red
wing - peacock sword


mash barb, start thread, tie in tinsel and wrap to bend




tie in some peacock; twist around thread and wrap forward, one eye width back from the eye








counterwrap rib; tie off/trim






strip fibers off one side of hackle, tie in by tip; wrap, tie off/trim






stroke fibers down, back, cover with thread






tie in KF; trim even with bend






trim some sword fibers, still attached to the quill




measure (gap width past bend), curved over the back




tie in, trim, build head, whip, SHHAN (thanks again, Davie)








Regards,
Scott

[hankaye]

ScottP. Howdy;

Nice tip with the swords, thanks for passing it along.

hank

[letumgo]

Marvelous! I will be adding some of these to my spring assortment.

That's a great tip, btw. I love using peacock swords. The iridescent blue is so pretty.