Pattern of the Month:    Purple Monster

By  Bethany Poulin

Hook:               #2 Heavy Atlantic salmon hook

Thread:             Black or Purple 3/0

Weight:             20 Wraps of heavy unleaded wire

Tag:                  # Turns of medium oval sliver tinsel

Body:               Medium purple chenille or spun rabbit fur

Rib:                  Five open spirals of medium silver tinsel

Wing:               1 ½” – 2” Purple Rabbit strip tied Zonker style

Inner Collar:     4 Wraps of long webby purple hen hackle or saddle

Outer Collar:    3 Wraps of Guinea fowl hackle

Wrap the hook with 20 to 30 turns of non-lead wire. Over wrap it with thread and epoxy or lacquer it. Allow it to dry before tying in the remaining materials.

Tie in the Oval tinsel above the barb of the hook and take three wraps and secure it with a few wraps of thread

Tie in the rabbit strip just forward of the foremost tinsel wrap leaving enough strip in front of the tag to reach the eye of the hook. Hold the Strip upright and take three turns directly in front of the tie down to lock the strip in place and then pull it back out of the way.

Bring the remaining tinsel in front of the strip then tie in purple chenille. Wind the thread forward over the lead wraps and then wind the chenille forward, leaving two eye widths space behind the eye to finish the fly, and tie it off. (if you use rabbit fur dubbing dub directly to the tying thread and bring it forward)

Spiral the remaining tinsel forward in five or so open wraps and tie it off