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Muddler mania
Monster Muddler
Brown Monster Muddler

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Tying instructions:
- Select 4-6 hackle feathers abd strip or cut the webby part from the feathers. The tail should be a bit longer than the hook shank
- Tie in 2 or 3 feathers on each side of the hook, dull side out
- Tie in ribbing over the hook bend
- Tie in chenille over the hook bend and wind tying thread forward followed by the chenille to one third behind the hook eye
- Tie down and cut surplus
or...
- Dub a slightly tapered body to one third shank length behind the hook eye
- Wind the ribbing opposite the body material
- Tie down and trim
- Tie in the mylar flash over the front of the body. Length should be to middle of tail
- Stack a bunch of deer hair and tie in to form a collar
- Tie in more deer hair to form a large and dense head
- Whipfinish in front of the head and varnish
- Trim deer hair to form a large conical head
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Materials:
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| Hook
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Large but light pike hook
size 1/0-6/0
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| Thread
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Brown
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| Tail
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4-6 badger or furnace
hackle feathers
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| Rib
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Oval silver tinsel
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| Body
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Brown dubbing
or brown chenille
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| Wing
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4-6 strips of silver mylar
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| Head/collar
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Brown deer hair
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