How to tie an MXD FAB for Fly Fishing

[@oldgold5848]

Lovely jubbly. Funky one for you here Rhys. FAB with black booby cord tail. Emu hackle body.....it's a bugger to get hold of, I had mine for years and haven't seen any since, it's half way between ostrich herl and ordinary hackle material....5 turns in olive. 2 turns of black pseudo hackle/ organza at the head. Orange thread. No idea what they take it for, but tied small in mid summer, late evenings.......the bizniz.

[@RhysFishes]

Black booby cord/emu/organza, sounds like a lucky dip of fly materials 😂👍

[@jamesgallacher7560]

Hi Rhys love that FAB, can i ask why you put foam in the oven please 😀 and is it silky of me to ask a temp. Love those colours ordering them today

[@RhysFishes]

It just hardens and shapes the foam a bit. Trout don't care all that much, anglers do 😂 180 for around 90 seconds

[@TightLinesNW]

I have become fairly proficient at tying blobs with FNF Jelly Fritz. I think I can adapt that fairly easily to tying FABs. How do you judge how buoyant you want your FAB to be?

[@RhysFishes]

Based on the amount of foam you tie. Most anglers either use a whole booby chord or cut it in half. I prefer the latter as for me it resulted in better hook ups and less tail nips 👍

[@LifewithAaronArnold]

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[@RhysFishes]

Great channel. Keep posting!

[@LifewithAaronArnold]

@@RhysFishes Thank you very much!