PMX (Royal Parachute Madam X)

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Size 8-16 Dry Fly Hook
Bleached Elk Hair
Peacock Herl
Red Thread
Z-Lon Post
Brown Hackle
Medium Brown Rubber Legs

Wrap your thread down to the bend of the hook.
Stack and tie in a bunch of Elk Hair using the pinch method. (be careful not to over tighten your first few wraps, if you over tighten the hair will flare out).
Tie in a piece of Peacock Herl.
Bring you thread forward a quarter of the shank.

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Wrap the peacock up to your tread and tie off.
Wrap the thread close with close wraps back and forth along the mid section until you build up to were you want it.
Tie in another bunch of Elk Hair for the wings (again be careful not to over tighten the first few wraps).
Tie in a piece of Peacock herl with the section you are going to wrap pointed back.

At this point I come a few wraps forward and tie in my Z-Lon post. (sorry I missed the picture).

Tie in hackle at the base of the post (but don’t wrap yet).

Tie in legs along both sides.

Now wrap the herl up to and just past the post and tie off.

Wrap the hackle around the post, and tie off.

While pinching the hackle out of the way continue the herl up to and just shy of the eye of the hook.

Whip fishes and apply head cement.