Tying Destiny's Child (Dave's FOD) 19Apr18

With the BWO hatch in full swing I thought I try my hand at tying instructions for the #1 BWO nymph imitation for me on tailwaters. Destiny's Child is a derivative of the O'Grady's FOD (Fly of Destiny) and differs is several respects - bead, colors and the addition of legs.

The recipe for Destiny's Child is

• #18-#22 2487 hook
• 70 grey-brown UTC UltraThread
• Head: cobalt glass bead
• Tail: 8-10 pheasant tail fibers
• Body: thread ribbed with XS copper wire
• Thorax: mixed ice dub of 2/3 callebeatis, 1/3 olive and a smidge of UV purple
• Wing Casing: pheasant tail fibers pulled over top
• Legs: pheasant tail fibers split and tied in pulled down

Select and prepare ingredients...

pheasant tail feather - use left side w/o brown tips

mixed ice dub with callebaetis & olive

gray-brown 70 denier ultra thread

copper XS ultra wire

cobalt glass beads & TMC 2487 hooks

Here we go...

place bead on hook and into vice

select 8-10 PT fibers - strip perpendicular from rachis/rib
to get even - set length on hook equal to shank

tie in fibers with three wraps near bead -
then tie in wire with several wraps

wrap materials down length of hook to 1/3-1/2 down bend

build thread body wrapping back forward -
keep thin and build slight taper

wrap wire evenly with ~6-8 turns -
bind in and helicopter off remains

pull remaining PT fibers back and tie over them
to make room for a thorax slightly larger than bead

roll a tube of ice dub mix onto thread -
enough for a thorax slightly larger than bead

wrap thorax dubbing - bring PT fiber wing casing
back to just behind bead and tie in with 2 wraps

separate PT fibers in half and pull down lightly on
each side of the hook and hold for tie in with 2 wraps

whip finish and cut of thread with PT fibers still long -
trim fibers to the length of the gap while pull them down

ta-da - Destiny's Child ready to rock