Fly Type: Dry
Target Species: Trout
Imitation: Mayflies
Material List:
Hook: Dry Fly Hook
Nymph Body/Shuck: Kinky Z-lon
Nymph Gills/Legs: Ostrich Herl
Stillborn Abdomen: D Rib
Stillborn Thorax: Superfine Dubbing
Hackle: Dry Fly Hackle
Trapped Wing: 2 CDC Feathers
Tying Instructions:
- Tie in trailing shuck
- Bring thread forward to rear of thorax
- Tie in D Rib so that tag end is forward, working end is hanging from the rear of what will be your thorax.
- Tie in CDC by tips near rear of thorax, take several thread wraps forward until you’re right behind the eye, securing tag end of D Rib and CDC.
- Tie in hackle
- Dub thread
- Wrap hackle around dubbed thread
- Wrap hackled/dubbed thread backward, until you’re at the rear of the thorax.
- Tie off at rear of thorax
- Wrap D Rib to the tip of the abdomen.
- Fold CDC rearward, tying off at the tip of the abdomen
- Tie in Ostrich Herl
- Make 2-3 tight wraps, tie off, and whip finish
Presentation Tips:
Fish as a wet, an emerger, or a dry.
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