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	Tying Instructions: Mayer's Mini Leech Damsel
	1. Attach the hook to the vise. Secure the thread behind the eye and wrap to the shank.
	2. Place a mono dyd behind the eye of the hook and secure with figure 8 wraps.
	3. Apply a whip finish behind the mono eyes and clip off the eccess thread.
	4. Apply a drop of Superglue to the wraps and the figure eight wraps over the mono eyes.
	5. Slip a slotted Tungsten bead to the hook with the slot opening facing the hook bend and place the bead just behind the mono eyes.
	6. Secure the thread behind the bead and apply thread wraps behind the bead to jam it up against the eyes.
	7. Wrap the thread back to the bend of the hook and fold a piece of Krystalflash around the thread. Secure the flash with a a couple of thread wraps at the bend of the hook.
	8. Wrap the Krystalflash forward with touching wraps to the midpoint of the hook shank. Secure the flash with a few thread wraps and trim off the tag of the Krystalflash.
	9. Remove the fur from the beginning of the strip, about 1/8". Place the strip behind the bead with the fur facing the hook. Secure with thread wraps between the midpoint of the shank and the bead.
	10. Turn the fly upside down. Cut a piece of Dura Skin that is just less than 1/4 inch wide. Snip a small point at the end of the strip. Secure this point just behind the bead and wrap to the midpoint of the shank..
	11. Snip a point on a piece of pearl tinsel and secure the point just behind the bead. Secure this tinsel the same way, with thread wraps to the midpoint of the shank.
	12. Place a Ostrich Herl by it's base to the midpoint of the hook shank. Remove the fibers from the base of the quill for a clean secure wrap.
	13. Wrap the herl forward 8-10 times to the base of the bead.
	14. Secure the herl with a couple of tight wraps behind the bead. Trim off the tag end of the herl.
	15. Bring the pearl tinsel over the ostrich fibers and secure the tinsel just behind the bead with a few wraps. Trim off the tag end of the tinsel.
	16. Pull the Dura Skin over the eye of the hook.
	17. Use your finger nail or the flat of your scissors to scrape the skin so the the hook eye emerges through the skin.
	18. Turn the fly back around and place a few tight wraps behind the bead.
	19. Whip finish behind the bead.
	20. Trim off the tag end of the Dura Skin behind the whip finishes. The Ostrich fibers should be free behind the cut tag end.
	21. Apply a drop of superglue to the thread wraps.
	22. The finished Mini Leech Jig Damsel

Tying Instructions: Mayer's Mini Leech Damsel