by Rich Johnson JANUARY'S FLY: Tangle Lakes Teaser The Tangle Lakes teaser is a popular dry fly for grayling in along the Denali Highway. It is a highly visible and bouyant fly that has also been successful for rainbows in still water.
	Thread: 6/0 or 8/0 black Hook: #12 standard dry fly Tail/underbody: Deer hair (short) Body Hackle: Grizzly, palmered Body: Orange dubbing (rabbit) Wing: Deer Hair (as long as tail) Hackle: Grizzly
	1. Attach your tying thread approximately 1/4 shank length behind the eye, wrapping your thread towards the rear.
	2. Wrap a thread base to the bend and then foward to your starting point.
	3. The deer hair I prefer is Sitka Blacktail. The hair is shorter than whitetail and has a kinky fiber the entire length.
	4. Cut a small amount of deer hair and stack the tips. Measure the length so that the tips extend beond the body past the bend by approximately a hook gape.
	5. Attach the deer hair flush with start point.
	6. Bind the butt end tightly with several wraps of thread.
	7. Wrap back lightly, binding the deer hair on top of the shank. At the rear of the body tightly bind the hair to the shank. This creates an air-filled underbody.
	8. Attach the hackle, tip first, at the rear. (A quality saddle hackle works best)
	9. Dub orange fur very sparsely on the thread. Just thick enough to create a solid color.
	10. Wrap lightly over the underbody, being careful not to crush the deer hair.
	11. Palmer the hackle foward using 4 or 5 wraps. Tie off and clip excess.
	12. Select a bunch of deer hair half again as thick as t he tail/underbody. Stack the tips. Measure the length to be as long as the tail/underbody.
	13. Trim the butt s and tie in the wing on the front 1/4 of the hook shank.
	14. Avoid excess thread wraps, use a few firm wraps to bind the hair.
	15. Tie in a grizzly hackle by the butt. Take the thread foward to just behind the eye.
	16. Wrap the hackle as densely as possible. (Spiral three wraps foward, three back- wards, and three foward if possible. Again, quality saddle hackle works best)
	17. Tie off, whip finish, and head cement.
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