FLY PATTERN:     Schmidt's Modified
Rainbow Attractor
Materials:
Body:       Mirage
Rib:          Silver tinsel
Wing:       Deer Tail hair (white, pink, blue)
Gills:        Red yarn
Hook:       Daiichi 2340 6X long size 10
Thread:     8/0 grey
    Step 1: Begin this pattern with your thread at the back of the hook.  Tie in your Silver tinsel and then Mirage.  Put a bead of glue up the hook shank and then wrap the Mirage leaving the last 1/8" of the hook shank for the head.  The trick to this step is wrap the Mirage the opposite direction of everything else.
   
   
   
   
   
    Step 2: Place a small amount of glue on the silver tinsel and then wrap it forward in evenly spaced wraps and tie off with an additional half hitch.
   
   
   
   
   
    Step 3: Clip a small amount of white deer tail hair.  Clear it of the short hairs and chaff and then place in a hair stacker.  Tie in the hair approximately the length of the hook shank and angle trim after tying off.
   
   
   
   
   
    Step 4: Clip a small amount of pink deer tail hair.   Do not use the stacker for this step as the uneven tips are essential.  Tie in this bunch of hair slightly longer than the underlying hair.  Repeat this step with a liberal clump of blue hair. 
   
   
   
   
   
    Step 5: At this point tie in a small bit of red yarn on each side of the hook and trim to be about 1/8".  Give this fly a significant size tapered thread head, whip finish, and complete with head cement.
   
   
   
   
   
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