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AP Emerger Variation

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 2 versions

Reference Recipe

• Hook Curved emerger (TMC 2487), 14-20
• Thread Brown 8/0

Materials

• Tail/shuck Moose body fibers or brown antron (Few fibers)
• Rib Copper wire (1 strand)
• Abdomen Tan-brown natural (muskrat/beaver) dubbing (Thin)
• Wing Light dun CDC (1 short tuft)
• Thorax Darker natural dubbing (Small pinch)

How to tie it

1. Mount the curved hook, start thread, and run to the bend.
2. Tie in a few moose fibers as a short tail/shuck and bind in the copper wire.
3. Dub a tapered tan-brown abdomen to the 60% mark.
4. Counter-rib the copper wire forward in 5-6 open turns and snip.
5. Tie in a short CDC wing tuft standing over the thorax at the 65% mark.
6. Dub a fuller, darker thorax around the wing, then pick out a few fibers on the underside for legs.
7. Whip finish at the eye.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie.

Tying videos

• AP Emerger Variation — raypilot510 (YouTube)
• AP Emerger Variation — Fly Fish Food (YouTube)
• AP Emerger Variation — Fly Fish Food (Fly Fish Food (tutorial))

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